I recived an expensive stainless ar15 barrel from bronells. Its made by evolution i think the name is, It had some blue spots at the chamber and i called brownells and asked about it. they said they handnt heard of any problems. I took it to the gunsmith to be installed he said the pin may have been soldered in.. After thinking about this and being told by some that a marlin that blew ip on me that it could hav not been tempered correctly, im getting scared... I dont need another barrel blowing up on me.. What is with this? should i investigate further? I figured they may have taken the temper out of the breach? But what im beginning to think is that they did not use coolent properly when the turned down the thinnest part of the back end of the ar15 barrel.. Which is it, and should i return the barrel? they had just gotten the shippment that was backordered so they were in a rush at evolution.. Its at the gunsmith to be put on and they said they could do it right away so im begining to panic.. thanks for any help. dave..

We need good close up photos of this to be better able to help you.

Here's EGW's phone number Phone: 215-538-1012

Here's the President of the company's email:

george@egwguns.com

Contact them and get the answers straight from the horses mouth.

What kind of stainless is the barrel made of.
if it's 300 series there is nothing to worry about because that is not a heat treatable alloy.

If it is 400 series then it can be heat treated.

And I think you're looking at the barrel extension

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Originally posted by kcstott:
What kind of stainless is the barrel made of.
if it's 300 series there is nothing to worry about because that is not a heat treatable alloy.

Who makes barrels out of 300 series stainless?

thankyou. dave

It was posted here and researched by me. It was one of the bigger guys can't remember who Lothar Lijia. But now that you mention it. It was only one contour and definitely not an AR barrel

This is easy if you don't trust it or like or have doughts about it send it back.

Brownells have a very good return policy.

Please,

Learn to use and use punctuation and paragraphs.
I do not meant to demean you at all, rather inform that many on this forum appreciate a sentence.

Stephen

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Originally posted by Lord Frith:
Please,

Learn to use and use punctuation and paragraphs.
I do not meant to demean you at all, rather inform that many on this forum appreciate a sentence.

Stephen

Now that's funny!

Your gunsmith will check it, install it, and testfire it so don't worry. If it isn't right they'll figure it out before you ever get to fire it.

the only information that i have recieved as to actual causes of this or problems therein is from lilja. They said this part is always screwed on and was probably heat treated before it was part of the barrel. thus not being a problem...

dave

I like what Lilja said. I was going to say before I don't know anyone that solders the barrel extension indexing pin in. I also don't know why you didn't call the barrel manufacturer as I gave you both the phone number and email or if you did and didn't mention it.

I would be wary of a gunsmith that is not totally familiar with what he's dealing with such as an AR barrel with a barrel extension.

I called the number you gave me, they said they dont make barrels anymore.. She gave me a number of a very nice guy, and i called him, and he said he just did work on 1911s and didnt know about ar15 barrels..

I have an old cataloge, wether it is old inventory, a different barrel that i bought that used to be listed as the evolution barrel i dont know.. this whole thing has been bizare to me, but im depending on brownells excellent reputaion . thanks for your help tho..

Dave

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Originally posted by ffffg:
I called the number you gave me, they said they dont make barrels anymore.. She gave me a number of a very nice guy, and i called him, and he said he just did work on 1911s and didnt know about ar15 barrels..

I have an old cataloge, wether it is old inventory, a different barrel that i bought that used to be listed as the evolution barrel i dont know.. this whole thing has been bizare to me, but im depending on brownells excellent reputaion . thanks for your help tho..

Dave

That is really strange what you found out. I was just talking to Lothar Walther today and asked about those barrels and they didn't say anything about them not making them anymore or anything like that. Strange indeed. If they quit they must have just done so and why wouldn't Brownells say no backorders if they can't get them anymore?