Stainless Steel Barrel...don't

HughScot · September 27, 2016, 10:26 AM

For anyone starting to build an AR15 I would suggest you don't choose a stainless steel barrel, the look is terrible and stupid. Fortunately, I only paid $79 and while it appears to be totally functional it really looks awful. Guess I was overcome with the price.

Model12Win · September 27, 2016, 11:18 AM

Are you serious right now?

YOU don't like the looks of a SS barrel so you think everyone should avoid them??

mavracer · September 27, 2016, 11:22 AM

That and some spray and bake and it'll be any color you want.

Bartholomew Roberts · September 27, 2016, 11:22 AM

Looks awful how? If you just don't like the cosmetics, you could always Cerakote it I suppose. I mean, if you got a functional AR15 barrel of any type for $79, looks would be low on the list of my concerns.

bedlamite · September 27, 2016, 11:25 AM

You're absolutely right, the fashonable AR15 wouldn't be caught dead with a stainless barrel after labor day!

marine6680 · September 27, 2016, 11:34 AM

I thought you got the nitrided barrel... It was the same price.

I suggest you send the stainless back since you do not like it, and order the nitrided one... Or keep the stainless as a backup, though I doubt you would wear out the stainless barrel.

And there are placed you can send the barrel to be nitrided, but the cost is probably more than just ordering the other barrel from PSA.

But to be honest, I don't particularly like the look of a stainless barrel on an AR either. I can live with it though.

10thMountain · September 27, 2016, 11:45 AM

I'm also not a fan of the stainless look. I ordered a melonite/QPQ/nitride 16" gov't profile mid-length in .223 Wylde (1:7 twist) last week. Should arrive today!

mavracer · September 27, 2016, 01:16 PM

I'm not sure I understand the question MK12 SPR

rpseraph · September 27, 2016, 01:39 PM

LOVE my Odin Works stainless barrel on my 18" SPR build. Accurate, durable, awesome. And if I really didn't like the LOOKS of it, I would take it off, paint it, and move on...

rickyrick · September 27, 2016, 01:42 PM

Stainless barrel here....

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Scorch · September 27, 2016, 01:45 PM

Quote:

YOU don't like the looks of a SS barrel so you think everyone should avoid them??

The new generation of political correctness. "We don't like them, you shouldn't either". It was so much easier in 1927, you only had a few things to hate!

Sevens · September 27, 2016, 02:05 PM

All AR's are ugly. All of them. Yours also, and his too. Hers is train-wreck ugly. They look like crap. All of them. My two are horrendous looking... maybe that is why I only have two.

Ptooey.

My addition to this thread is utterly and completely worthless... which makes it fit in this discussion perfectly.

Dumbest conversation of the day to this one. Job well done.

HughScot · September 27, 2016, 02:47 PM

marine6680, I am reordering the nitrided barrel. My brain just saw the word stainless and I thought quality and not how it would look. When the rest of the gun is black, stainless is not a good look in my opinion.

mehavey · September 27, 2016, 03:47 PM

Guns are tools.
Beauty is as beauty does.

rightside · September 27, 2016, 07:03 PM

This isn't a real thread, right?

VoodooMountain · September 27, 2016, 08:06 PM

I'm with the op on this one. What's the point of even owning anything remotely tactical if all the operators at the range don't look at you with envy.

Plus, it's well a known fact that snipers will be able to spot your stainless barrel from nearly a mile away making you a target.

Mobuck · September 27, 2016, 08:53 PM

I don't see a problem with the SS barrel. In fact, I just bought an upper for an EDC AR with a SS barrel.

marine6680 · September 27, 2016, 09:25 PM

Eh... I think the OP was just venting his frustration at getting a barrel he did not find aesthetically pleasing.

We all have our preferences.

reynolds357 · September 27, 2016, 09:45 PM

I will gladly keep that information in file 13. Afterall, looks is much more important than durability, accuracy, and corrosion resistance.

mehavey · September 27, 2016, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Plus, it's well a known fact that snipers will be able to spot your stainless barrel from nearly a mile away...

That's why God invented Sight-Black spray, don'cha know....

bacardisteve · September 27, 2016, 10:29 PM

So your telling me I shouldnt have put a kreiger barell on my ar?

Jimro · September 28, 2016, 02:52 AM

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I don't really care too much about how a component looks, as long as the results can be seen in the target group. One of my High Power service rifles was built with a green painted upper receiver, black lower receiver, black handle and buttstock, and Armalite green NM free float handguards, all with a Krieger stainless barrel...

That rifle is ugly, but it shoots like a dream.

Jimro

peggysue · September 28, 2016, 03:51 AM

Thanks for your expert opinion HugoScot. i guess i won't buy a staidness barrel now.

sils79 · September 28, 2016, 04:49 AM

OP send it to me, I'll take that ugly ass barrel off your hands for free!

Old Bill Dibble · September 28, 2016, 06:33 AM

$79 Stainless barrels? Why is there no link?

September 27, 2016, 10:26 AM	#1
HughScot Senior Member Join Date: July 4, 2016 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 166	Stainless Steel Barrel...don't For anyone starting to build an AR15 I would suggest you don't choose a stainless steel barrel, the look is terrible and stupid. Fortunately, I only paid $79 and while it appears to be totally functional it really looks awful. Guess I was overcome with the price.

September 27, 2016, 11:25 AM	#5
bedlamite Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2000 Location: WI Posts: 1,395	You're absolutely right, the fashonable AR15 wouldn't be caught dead with a stainless barrel after labor day! __________________ A plan is just a list of things that doesn't happen.

September 27, 2016, 02:05 PM	#12
Sevens Senior Member Join Date: July 28, 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 11,756	All AR's are ugly. All of them. Yours also, and his too. Hers is train-wreck ugly. They look like crap. All of them. My two are horrendous looking... maybe that is why I only have two. Ptooey. My addition to this thread is utterly and completely worthless... which makes it fit in this discussion perfectly. Dumbest conversation of the day to this one. Job well done. __________________ *Attention Brass rats and other reloaders:* I really need .327 Federal Magnum brass, no lot size too small. Tell me what caliber you need and I'll see what I have to swap. PM me and we'll discuss.

September 27, 2016, 10:29 PM	#21
bacardisteve Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2006 Location: West virginia Posts: 653	So your telling me I shouldnt have put a kreiger barell on my ar? __________________ Kill em all and let God sort em out! USAF

September 28, 2016, 02:52 AM	#22
Jimro Senior Member Join Date: October 18, 2006 Posts: 7,097	Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I don't really care too much about how a component looks, as long as the results can be seen in the target group. One of my High Power service rifles was built with a green painted upper receiver, black lower receiver, black handle and buttstock, and Armalite green NM free float handguards, all with a Krieger stainless barrel... That rifle is ugly, but it shoots like a dream. Jimro __________________ Machine guns are awesome until you have to carry one.

September 27, 2016, 11:18 AM	#2
Model12Win Junior member Join Date: October 20, 2012 Posts: 5,854	Are you serious right now? YOU don't like the looks of a SS barrel so you think everyone should avoid them??

September 27, 2016, 11:22 AM	#4
Bartholomew Roberts member Join Date: June 12, 2000 Location: Texas and Oklahoma area Posts: 8,462	Looks awful how? If you just don't like the cosmetics, you could always Cerakote it I suppose. I mean, if you got a functional AR15 barrel of any type for $79, looks would be low on the list of my concerns.

September 27, 2016, 11:34 AM	#6
marine6680 Senior Member Join Date: July 24, 2012 Location: Parker, CO Posts: 4,594	I thought you got the nitrided barrel... It was the same price. I suggest you send the stainless back since you do not like it, and order the nitrided one... Or keep the stainless as a backup, though I doubt you would wear out the stainless barrel. And there are placed you can send the barrel to be nitrided, but the cost is probably more than just ordering the other barrel from PSA. But to be honest, I don't particularly like the look of a stainless barrel on an AR either. I can live with it though.

September 27, 2016, 11:45 AM	#7
10thMountain Junior Member Join Date: September 27, 2016 Posts: 4	I'm also not a fan of the stainless look. I ordered a melonite/QPQ/nitride 16" gov't profile mid-length in .223 Wylde (1:7 twist) last week. Should arrive today!

September 27, 2016, 01:39 PM	#9
rpseraph Senior Member Join Date: October 23, 2015 Location: MinneSNOWta Posts: 454	LOVE my Odin Works stainless barrel on my 18" SPR build. Accurate, durable, awesome. And if I really didn't like the LOOKS of it, I would take it off, paint it, and move on...

September 27, 2016, 01:42 PM	#10
rickyrick Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2010 Posts: 8,236	Stainless barrel here.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

September 27, 2016, 02:47 PM	#13
HughScot Senior Member Join Date: July 4, 2016 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 166	marine6680, I am reordering the nitrided barrel. My brain just saw the word stainless and I thought quality and not how it would look. When the rest of the gun is black, stainless is not a good look in my opinion.

September 27, 2016, 03:47 PM	#14
mehavey Senior Member Join Date: June 17, 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,883	Guns are tools. Beauty is as beauty does.

September 27, 2016, 07:03 PM	#15
rightside Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 419	This isn't a real thread, right?

September 27, 2016, 08:06 PM	#16
VoodooMountain Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2014 Posts: 179	I'm with the op on this one. What's the point of even owning anything remotely tactical if all the operators at the range don't look at you with envy. Plus, it's well a known fact that snipers will be able to spot your stainless barrel from nearly a mile away making you a target.

September 27, 2016, 08:53 PM	#17
Mobuck Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2010 Posts: 6,846	I don't see a problem with the SS barrel. In fact, I just bought an upper for an EDC AR with a SS barrel.

September 27, 2016, 09:25 PM	#18
marine6680 Senior Member Join Date: July 24, 2012 Location: Parker, CO Posts: 4,594	Eh... I think the OP was just venting his frustration at getting a barrel he did not find aesthetically pleasing. We all have our preferences.

September 27, 2016, 09:45 PM	#19
reynolds357 Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2012 Posts: 6,165	I will gladly keep that information in file 13. Afterall, looks is much more important than durability, accuracy, and corrosion resistance.

September 28, 2016, 03:51 AM	#23
peggysue Junior member Join Date: May 20, 2014 Posts: 1,835	Thanks for your expert opinion HugoScot. i guess i won't buy a staidness barrel now.

September 28, 2016, 04:49 AM	#24
sils79 Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 180	OP send it to me, I'll take that ugly ass barrel off your hands for free!

September 28, 2016, 06:33 AM	#25
Old Bill Dibble Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2016 Posts: 802	$79 Stainless barrels? Why is there no link? __________________ "Tragedy has been and will always be with us. Somewhere right now, evil people are planning evil things. All of us will do everything meaningful, everything we can do to prevent it, but each horrible act can’t become an axe for opportunists to cleave the very Bill of Rights that binds us."