Phigam27

Talked to Criterion and X-Caliber yesterday. Criterion said that it would get very pricey to set up for one barrel. X-Caliber said for a 20" heavy bull contour in .308 it is $245. Talked to the guy for a while and it seemed like great customer service and they want you to send them a picture of your first taget once sighted in to make sure that their barrels are performing well. I will be going with an X-caliber. Thank you all for the help.

I am not too worried about the weight. I know what I am getting myself into. haha. I think the only thing that I am going to be saving weight on is the Luth-AR stock over the PRS and a JMT 80% polymer lower. Considering building a lightweight 5.56 or .300blk after the .308 build which is going to take me a while. I will call on those two barrels for price quotes at the end of this week and see what we are looking at. Ill be sure to report back.

Wow. I appreciate all the help. This is my first firearm forum. Much more helpful than truck and car forums. I am going to give X-Caliber and Criterion a phone call and see what both of them can do for me.

I have not started my build yet. I am going to start once I get everything decided as far as exactly what I want. It has been in the works for a while but I am very indecisive. I had the idea to get the 24" criterion and get it cut to a 20". Would just be easier if I could find a 20" and not have to pay for the 24" and pay to get it cut down. I appreciate the help looking. Like I said, the only 20" I could find is the Red X Arms barrel but I have not seen any good reviews of that company.

I have considered a thread protector and before I switched to the 24", I had the rainier match 20" on my list. I would definitely go with rainier if they had a heavy bull barrel. I am open to a thread protector but I definitely want the heavy bull barrel

Self-imposed. I like the target crown and clean look of the end of the barrel without a brake or comp. I will be shooting prone 99% of the time so recoil reduction is not a necessity so I dont need a brake.

New member here and my first .308 build. I have owned ARs for years and built a .300 blk upper from a 5.56 then ended up building the lower as well and putting the 5.56 back to stock. I have all of my parts picked out for my .308 build except for one. The barrel. I definitely want a bull barrel without threads on the end. I was originally going to go with a 24" criterion but I realized the overall length will not fit in my Drago 42" rifle case. Therefore, I would like to find a 20" bull barrel but I am having trouble. The only ones I can find are Red X Arms which I have not seen good reviews for or Krieger which is a little too pricey at $550. DPMS sells a fully assembled .308 with a 20" barrel but I cannot find the barrel by itself. Any Suggestions?