Long term review
I've owned this barrel for 10 years now. Thousands of rounds down the tube and is still one of my most accurate rifles in my safe. One of my favorite rifles, doesn't care about what ammo you feed it, it'll get at least a 1" group.
Would you recommend this?
Yes, I would recommend to a friend
White Oak Armament Barrel
The barrel I received looked flawless inside and out. Looking forward to trying it out and see if it is as accurate as what I have read recently.
16” spr
I purchased the 16” mid length spr in 223wylde barrel to rebarrel an ar I had. And at 100 yards it’s submoa, and I’m not the best shot, and don’t have the best glass on top. Now that was with 77gr otm. But the accuracy did blow me away. If you’re in the market you can’t go wrong with this barrel.
Good Accuracy/Fitting an AR barrel properly
I've built about 45 ARs over a period of 12 yrs, including a few with WhiteOak barrels. A barrel that is tight going in the receiver is a good thing. It's not a barrel problem. Several of the better Upper Receiver manufacturers make them to tolerances that require heat to place the barrel extension into the receiver. A heat gun is a common tool in building a good quality URG, Don't blame the manufacturer; do some research and solve the problem. That said - the ARs with the WhiteOak barrels have produced accuracy on par with barrels that cost double the price when using ammo that has bullet weights of 64 gr and up.
Great Accuracy
I've only put 80 rounds thru it as yet, but it is holding sub-moa groups out to 300 yds. Waiting for the cross winds to settle before trying longer distances.
Very accurate barrel
Just put this on my 18 spr build and managed to put 6 shots in a 1 square with 55 grain ball ammo. Does even better with match ammo
Very, Very Happy
I am very pleased with this barrel. I bought it to replace a DPMS 18" SPR barrel that never quite shot as well as I hoped. I am not a gunsmith, nor a competition shooter, just a weekend enthusiast. I installed the barrel myself with no issues and have been impressed from day 1. I could post pictures of all the great 100 yard groups it has shot but today I stretched it to 1000 yards. The pic is of a 6 round group shot at 1000 yards with this barrel, suppressed with an AAC 762-SD topped with a Leupold Mark 4 3.5-10x shooting 77gr SMK's. Being just a guy who shoots on the weekends I didn't think I'd ever be able to hit anything with a 223 at 1000 yards but White Oak got me there. Very happy purchaser!
Amazing barrel
Received this barrel today from brownells, installed and zeroed, then proceeded to shoot 5 sub-moa groups from 100 to 600 yards. Best group was actually 1/3 moa at 300 yards! I am very impressed and will use white oak next time I need a barrel.
Great accuracy
I finally bit the bullet and bought this barrel . Brownells had this on sale and couldn't resist. I put it on a Vltor MUR upper with Yankee Hill Todd Jerrett forearm ( all from Brownells ). Just got it installed and test fired . I done a quick break in procedure of fire 1-clean , fire 2- clean , fire 2 -clean , fire 4 clean , fire 5 - clean , done . Thru out break in with cheap 55 grain PMC I was getting about 1 moa , not bad . I switched to IMI 77 gr smk mod 1 and was just under 1moa @100 . Today I went out on another shooting and was amazed at the accuracy . The cheap 55gr PMC was right at 1moa while the IMI 77gr smk was 0.75" @100yds . I think this barrel takes a bit more break in shots than others . It's at about 75 RDS and it's getting better and better. Here's a tip - bed the barrel with some blue loctite !!!
Super Accuracy
The previous reviewer may not have the right combination. I put this Barrel together with a Aero Precision Monolithic Upper, Colt Bolt and Carrier and an AR Gold Trigger. This Barrel loves 55 Gr. V-Maxes and 55 Gr. Nosler BT Bullets. It will also shoot the cheaper Hornady 55gr, SP Bulk Bullets Great. This Rifle shot several 3/8" 3 shot groups at 200 Meters from the Bench with the Hornady 55 V-Max. This is with no fancy reloads like I do for my Bolt Actions. Just Lapua Brass and Match Primers on a Dillon 650. To be honest, my Bolt Actions have a hard time keeping up with this Rifle at the shorter Ranges.
