Did not meet expectations.
Wasted about 450$ worth of reloading components trying to get this barrel to produce an acceptable group less than 1.25". Was never able to get it to shoot better than a 3" group. Shooting 77gr sierra tmk with various powders like varget, tac, and cfe223. cci primers and lake city brass. Very disappointing. Shoots about a 2.5 foot group at 600 yards. Must have received a lemon.
serious fitment issues
built an upper and used juggernaut tactical upper and hand guard with a superlative arms gas block. the hand guard barrel nut does not fit at all nor does the gas block, given the different manufactures the barrel is the common denominator. when inserting into the upper i had to really apply pressure to get it to seat in there
Just can't ger this to work
I hate to say it but I am finding this barrel to be just horrible. I cannot get ANYTHING to group wiorth a darn out of it. Maybe I go a bad one, I don't know, but I've tried working up various handloads, all different bulletin weights, then went to several factory loads to be sure I wasn't doing anything off with my loads, though I knew I wasn't. Cannot find anything that will consistently stay under 2 inches at 100 yards. I have a palmetto armory kit rifle that shoots better, which disappoints me because I was hoping to build a really accurate AR.
Rust on the barrel extension!
I really, really wanted to like this barrel, but I just can't. Fit and finish on the barrel itself appeared to be excellent. The barrel extension, however, is a different story. And this is not about just, one, but TWO, different barrels. I ordered the 18" SPR rifle-length-gas barrel, and when I received it, the barrel extension has rust all over it. Actually started pitting. Not the barrel, just all over the extension, except inside, which i expect given enough time would have done the same. Good thing I got the EDGE program, because I definitely made good use of it. Sent the barrel back to be replaced, and the second one I received was in excellent condition. Not a speck of rust to be found on the barrel extension. Unfortunately I was not able to assemble the rifle right away, and probably a good thing too. After a few months, I noticed very small rust spots on the extension...AGAIN. Cleaned it up with some oil and a brush. Another month goes by, and now there's even more rust, all over, including on the visible part of the lugs. Sent that one back for a full refund. I'd rather not have that going on inside my gun once it's been assembled. Call me crazy, but when you pay $250+ for a barrel, this should not even be an issue. I do work in a gun store, and none of the AR-15 barrels we've got have ever had rust on the barrel extension, some sitting for awhile. Maybe I just happened to get the two lemons out of a batch, because it seems that everyone else is happy with their WOA SPR barrels. Or maybe the ones I got were old stock or something, and WOA has changed up what they use for their barrels? I've got a friend at the store who has one and he's perfectly happy with it. I don't get it.
Problem Barrel from White Oak Armament
Installed this barrel on my AR and had instant problems with the cycling. I tried different buffers and different ammo. Finally disassembled to check the gas port diameter. It was under sized. Also the indention on the bottom of the barrel to receive the gas block set screw was off and so it made the block ride to one side which partially closed off the hole. I called White oak. They would've replace it, but the person i talked to seemed to not give a darn about the barrel or the customer. Being a welder, i chose to fix it myself. It took half an hour. Works fine now. Looking back I should've returned the barrel and bought another brand.
Very Disappointed.
Very poor accuracy. Consistent 3 inch groups with a 8x scope at 100 yards. Testing was done with 55 5.6 nato and 223 55 gr ammo mostly PMC. Have other rifles that shoot this 55 gr ammo non match 1 1/2 inches at 100 yards. I no longer hand load so you may be able to tailor a load for this barrel. I didn't want to try any expensive heaver bullets like 69 gr black hills because of the coast factor. I did try some 62 gr green tip with the same results. With new furniture and Nikon 223 scope put almost $900 into this rifle. Should have cut back on every thing else and gotten a Noveske.
