Black Hole Weaponry barrels - do we like them?

[44Dave]

Wondering about the quality, esp VS someone like Fulton.  It would be really nice to have a 1 moa rifle.

[bubbasks]

Cant speak for BHW but my Fulton does the job. Bottom is clean cold bore. Top is warmed after 25 shots. Both 5-shot.

[bubbasks]

For size reference

[unforgiven]

Good shooting brother bubba.

[44Dave]

Well that's pretty compelling for Fulton.  Just looking at all the options in that same price area.

[D.R.D.]

Crusader  Weaponry uses BHW barrels on their builds with lots of good range reports.  Rainier uses them for their Select barrels.  That's all I know.

[george_995]

My rainier's select 18" barrel(BHW) does real well for its price. It shoots sub moa at 100m with a variety of different loads. My favorite load consists of a 125g sierra pro hunter projectile on top of 44gr of IMR3031. Those little bastards are traveling around 3100fps( per manual, no chrono yet) and my best 3 round group was a hair under .5". I threw together some plinking ammo the other day consisting of m80(147 gr) pull downs and IMR4064  and achieved moa groups, was banging steel mostly with that load. 

[D.R.D.]

George, can you give details of your build with the BHW barrel?

[george_995]

George, can you give details of your build with the BHW barrel?

 

parts as follows.

 Rainiers arms 18" 308 barrel, dpms patterned extension

Dpms bolt carrier group w/ bolt

Daniel defense low gas block

sjc titan compensator 

mega arms maten 308 receivers(matched set),

Geissele SD-E trigger

Jp enterprise 15.5" forearm With top rail

a2 stock/extension, recently purchased a magpul moe rifle stock in foliage green.

armalite 5.3oz rifle buffer for ar10, I switched the buffer weights out with 5 tungsten weights making my own heavy buffer.

ar10 buffer spring (armalite)

Tango down Battle grip bg17

Swfa 12x scope w/ larue lt158 mount

Hope this helps.

[D.R.D.]

Nice

[unforgiven]

Very nice brother george.

[george_995]

Thanks Rene.

[D.R.D.]

Is that a mid or rifle length gas system, and what gas block are you running?

[george_995]

Midlength gas system and the gas block is a daniel defense.

[392heminut]

That's a nice build! <thumbsup>

[george_995]

Thank you 392.

[blue109]

That rifle looks beastly George. Nice job. I'm running the same barrel. Finally put a nice trigger in and bought some decent ammo to see what I can do.

[george_995]

Thanks blue, you still runnin that dynacomp on your build? I always ran single stage milspec triggers(usually with JP ent. reduced springs) with my AR-patterned rifles, I couldn't believe the difference when I dropped the coin on this SD-E. This trigger feels like she's breaking in nicely too, my groups definitely improved with the SD-E installed.

[blue109]

Yup. No problems with the dynacomp. put a Timney 4# in there. Looking forward to getting a week day off.

[EasyEJL]

With a Rainier select 20" barrel, I was just about hitting MOA groups at 100 yards with 40+ year old south African surplus 146gr ammo, and I was getting close to 1/2 MOA with nice 168gr match ammo. So i'd say they are pretty decent if the blanks are Black Hole Weaponry

[D.R.D.]

EasyEJL,

 

That's awesome!  I'd be curious to find out what the muzzle speed is on your 20".  Ever take it out further?

 

DRD

[EasyEJL]

EasyEJL,

 

That's awesome!  I'd be curious to find out what the muzzle speed is on your 20".  Ever take it out further?

 

DRD

no, my primary range only goes to 100. It sucks, a bunch of friends went to the only range in Florida that goes out to 1000, but I couldn't make it that day. eventually i'll hit that one up, at least on the 400 yard range.

I do plan to buy a chronograph eventually too since I am starting reloading the rifle cartridges. up till now I've only reloaded for pistol.