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    Any thoughts on Bear Creak Arsenal AR-15 Barrels? I'm looking for a good quality yet less expensive barrel and found their website. They seem to have a wide variety of barrels at good prices. Was wondering if anyone has any any experience with them. Thanks
     
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    I have one of there barrels. I honestly bought it for the looks mostly. But being nitride treated etc... it seemed like a quality barrel for the price. I have their bear claw spiral flute stainless barrel.

    I have not put a lot of rounds through it. But I have yet to have an issue and the finish on it is great with nice clean smooth edges.

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    Just went through a email from Primary Arms and they have a Bear Creek barrel, 1:7 Mid length for $70. Great price.

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    I will add this, sometimes you get what you pay for. The barrel is one of the most vital parts of the weapon. It is one place I would not sacrifice. I learned my mistake a couple years ago. I bought a Radical Firearms barrel from Primary Arms for $65. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Well, the barrel was crap. It was the most inaccurate barrel I have ever had. That said, from what I have read over the past several months, Bear Creek barrels appear to be okay for what you pay for them. It you are just building a fun plinker, it will probably suffice. If it is does not, you are not out a lot of money. If you are trying to build a good quality AR with good accuracy results, I would look into spending a bit more for a better barrel from somewhere like BCM, Rainier Arms, ADCO Firearms, etc.
     
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    TackleberryMCS said:
    I will add this, sometimes you get what you pay for. The barrel is one of the most vital parts of the weapon. It is one place I would not sacrifice. I learned my mistake a couple years ago. I bought a Radical Firearms barrel from Primary Arms for $65. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Well, the barrel was crap. It was the most inaccurate barrel I have ever had. That said, from what I have read over the past several months, Bear Creek barrels appear to be okay for what you pay for them. It you are just building a fun plinker, it will probably suffice. It is does not, you are not out a lot of money. If you are trying to build a good quality AR with good accuracy results, I would look into spending a bit more for a better barrel from somewhere like BCM, Rainier Arms, ADCO Firearms, etc.
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    Thanks for your input Tackleberry I respect your adivce as I know you have built MANY AR's. I am just getting into building my own AR's. This will be only my 2nd build. My first was a bare bones build, from which I learned alot and it turned out great. With each build I plan on upgrading with the more experience I gain. This build is going to have upgrades such as a break instead of a flash hider, free floating rail instead of a standard hand guard, better butt stock things like that. Right now the idea is to just build plinksters, although I defiantly see building more quality accurate distance AR's in the future.
     
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    Classicfirearms.com sells Bear Creek barrels for really cheap. You can read the reviews on them. Most of their barrels are labeled as US Contractor but they are Bear Creek.
     
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