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I ordered one of the PredatAR barrels for $199, they are supposed to be fairly light yet MOA accurate.
http://www.laruetactical.com/barrels?sort=popular

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Thanks for putting this up.

Any idea what the steel used is? I couldn't find it on their site, so I googled and found a thread where it was being said they used to claim Lothar Walther was the mfr, then changed it to just stainless, and now it appears no mention of the source or the steel.

I may order a "Stealth" anyway. The site says they've heard several claim sub half moa with those, but there are no reviews yet.


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I believe these are the barrels made in house by LaRue. Supposed to be pretty good.


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I ordered one of each. That was the limit. Hard to pass up a price like that for a barrel with their reputation. I'll be looking forward to getting them, but it sounds like it might take a while.


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Yes these are supposed to be made in house but no who knows what they are using. I spoke with a guy last week that has a 7.62, he said it shot so good he ordered a 5.56 PredatAR to go with it.

Figured I'd try one at this price, gonna build another light weight.

I did notice they use the Internet ninja 3 shot group guarantee...

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Do they still use Lothar Walther blanks?

I've owned 2 LW barrels and was very happy with both of them.



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They are rifling their own barrels now. Not sure on the method or steel.


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From my knowledge, they are doing their own because they had to many Lothar reject barrels.

I don't know what they are using steel wise or rifling wise, but as long as they meet the accuracy needed, it doesn't much matter typically.


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Sounds like a good deal on them.



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Yep its gotta be a step foward unless you are worried about barrel life IE is it buttoned or cut or corrosion resistance or how the barrel dies( SS/vs CM die totally different deaths)

Good move from Walther, I had 2 of their tubes also, was not at all impressed with either one. Good solid barrels but no where near match quality.


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Both of my LW barrels shot great but that's only a sample of 2. I'm sure LaRue had a good reason for dropping them.

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ours were just a bit under MOA, but not nearly what we expected from their hype many years ago.


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this a chromed or nitrited or bare steel?


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I honestly don't know, all I can find is they are made to be accurate for a long, long time.

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They must have been swamped. It's over with already.



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It's over. I procrastinated long enough to miss it, then immediately regretted it. Success!


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Same here.



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Well it was a huge success, they had to extend it a few days but you guys are safe now.

I ordered another upper from Rainier without the FA last night, these sales are killing me...

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wow up to $495 again? I had just bought a Wilson 6.8 stainless, so did not participate. Are they bare steel barrels?


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Who knows? Mark is claiming proprietary secrets but I figure it's some kind of voo doo or black magic.

An MOA light weight barrel for $199 was just too cheap to start getting picky.

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