Canadian Made, 5R Guardian and Match Series barrels available now
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Maple Ridge Armourer
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Yes these are going to be run soon.
DMR Hunter
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Your website lists the weight as 2lbs 7oz for the 18.6" 308 barrels. Which one is correct? What are the differences in performance (recoil, sound/blastiness) of your Rock solid and Defiant muzzle brakes?
Maple Ridge Armourer
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We have decided on 2lbs 9oz. We were going to slim down the profile slightly to drop some weight but we have decided 2lb 9oz is excellent for an SPR profile and we can simply make two types of barrels just as we have done with our 223 Wylde ones. We will be running a tapered lightweight profile next. We will be closer to either side of 2lbs for these barrels. Personally I want one of these ultra-light barrels for my STAG-10 Hunting build.
The website is displaying the correct weight of 2lbs 9oz. We will make the lightweight barrels available for order just as soon as we get more extensions. We want to have all materials on hand before taking orders.
The Rock-Solid Brake and the Defiant Brake are very close in recoil reduction and muzzle rise mitigation with the Rock-Solid performing ever so slightly better. That extra performance comes at a cost of a little more blastiness for the Rock-Solid.
Thanks!
Maple Ridge Armourer
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We have got our Tapered Pencil AR-10 Barrel down to 2lbs!
https://www.mapleridgearmoury.com/?s=AR-10&post_type=product
https://www.mapleridgearmoury.com/?s=AR-10&post_type=product
DMR Hunter
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That's pretty light. The Faxon 20" pencil barrel is quite competitively priced though.
Maple Ridge Armourer
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The Faxon barrel is a good barrel but it does not have 5R rifling, a honded and hand lapped bore, or a NiB plated extension. Our barrels have superior features and benefits compared to the Faxon barrel. These superior features come with a price.
Also, our barrels are made in Canada using premium Canadian made blanks and from the transport companies moving the materials to the heat treaters hardening the barrels, many other Canadian companies contribute to the production of our barrels. When you choose to buy a Maple Ridge Armoury barrel, you choose to support Canadian businesses and Canadian families. We appreciate your support and we are dedicated to providing you with the best possible products in return.
russ.ackland
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Will your pencil barrel require an adjustable gas block to cycle and eject properly, and will they be test fired? The faxon barrels are good, accurate and light but may very well need the gas block upgrade. Thats an extra cost. Are any Stag 10 owners of the faxon pencil barrel upgrade having cycling issues?
russ.ackland
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Would be nice to hear something back on this
Maple Ridge Armourer
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The goal is to have the barrel operate as reliably and efficiently as practicable with the MRA Pincer Gas Block. Once we have a definitive answer we will reply to this post.
rally guy
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I am very intrigued by your question. What is the difference that a pencil barrel with rifle length would have problem cycling that a regular profile would not have?
SSG69
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My Maple Ridge 5R Match SS barrel just arrived in the mail today. This is a real beauty. I didn't think I wanted any fluting, but Ryan from MRA steered me in the right direction.
Also, their communications is by far the best I have ever encountered anywhere. Thanks again Ryan.
Paul
Also, their communications is by far the best I have ever encountered anywhere. Thanks again Ryan.
Paul
wildphil24
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Just picked up a MRA .308 Barrel for a Stag 10 and found it of top quality. It doesn’t have that offset gas port which some posters have raised concerns about where it did not align with the fluting. This piece appears to be true.
They explained that alignment is merely a roll of the dice for them, as it's not something they think is feasible to achieve purposefully. Note that your gas port aligns centered within the fluting, while this one just misses out on being centered between two channels.
I'd be interested in seeing more people post their barrels since this is a small sample size, but so far between these pics and what they've said I don't think people can reliably assume they'll get the alignment they want.
Maple Ridge Armourer
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They explained that alignment is merely a roll of the dice for them, as it's not something they think is feasible to achieve purposefully. Note that your gas port aligns centered within the fluting, while this one just misses out on being centered between two channels.
I'd be interested in seeing more people post their barrels since this is a small sample size, but so far between these pics and what they've said I don't think people can reliably assume they'll get the alignment they want.
Frankly, we have a couple options.
1. Continue to produce these premium quality barrels in the current efficient manner. Current process keeps costs down and continue to pass these savings to the end user.
2. Supplement the current production with an additional setup and operation to address the purely aesthetic imperfection. This will increase cost and end user price.
To my knowledge, the imperfect alignment of the flutes to gas port has no significant effect on performance. With this in mind, I figure most of my customers would choose option 1.
auracle
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Yeah id like to know this too
Ironic.
The discussion in the other thread was much more productive, with good ideas from people and insight from Maple Ridge. No need to step in and post for the sake for posting.
Anyways, I'm inclined to agree with Maple Ridge, though I don't think anyone in the $500 barrel market is that concerned with 'savings'. Anyone going out of their way to buy Canadian is past the point of being money conscious.
wildphil24
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Option 3: keep your actual process but sort them afterward. For example grade 1 aligned within 3 degrees, grade 2 misaligned over 3 degrees.
50$ cheaper for grade 2, 50$ more expensive for grade 1. Would eliminate the surprise/gamble element and please everyone.
