I’m just curious how these barrels perform, but there doesn’t seem to be any first hand info out there. Any of you on the forum have any real world experience with these? I’m sure they’re quite durable, but how about accuracy? Are they as accurate as Colt’s SOCOM barrel?
https://centurionarms.com/barrels/socom-hammer-forged-barrel-carbine-14-5-inch/
I don’t think any M4A1 will really measurably outperform any other mil-spec M4A1 barrel.
Centurion has had some ridiculously big gas ports on some of their barrels so I would verify that before ordering.
Your link shows out of stock so you won’t have to worry about it apparently. I have no experience with them as barrels, however, I would think twice whether or not you really want the 14.5" unless you’re planning to SBR.
Based on my experience with their CHF midweight barrels, I’d be surprised if they were much less accurate than the Colt. My mid-weights and Colt SOCOMs are roughly on par with duty ammo. I’ve been to test everything with 77 gr match loads but I’m hoarding primers at the moment.
Just curious what reason you say about the 14.5”. Is the 14.5” not as good as a 16”?
A 14.5" mucst have an muzzle long enough to pin and weld to make 16" or it is an NFA item.
Exactly.
Even though I own one, pinned and welded makes little to no sense. Just get a 16” or a 10 or 12” and SBR or pistol.
Mine was a smoking deal, otherwise I’d have passed.
These are .0625 per Corrie Leclair.
OP: If you have ZuccBook, there’s a Centurion Arms owners’ group on there that has some first hand reviews of the SOCOM barrels. What I’ve seen thus far is that they’re solid performers.
Good to know on the actual port size, thanks for posting that. I don’t even know what ZuccBook is, but all I need from a barrel of this type is 2.0 moa or better, (preferably 1.5 moa or better). I’m not looking for a precision competition gun, just something that’s combat effective. I usually use Colt SOCOM barrels, but those are unobtainium right now, and I had an opportunity to purchase one of these Centurion CHF SOCOM barrels a few weeks back. That opportunity has since closed, so unless one barrel performs significantly better than the other, I’ll just order whichever barrel becomes available first.
On the off chance you’re not being sarcastic the Facebook CEO is Mark Zuckerberg.
I thought maybe it was a sarcastically named FB alternative.
I was referring to Facebook. The group is fairly well put together, Corrie and Monty regularly check it and frequently respond to questions on lead times, technical specs, etc.
Most reviews I’ve read put the 14.5 SOCOM barrel around 1.0-1.5 MOA with good ammo. It’s one I’d like to grab for myself at some point as well, and personally would prefer it to the other available offerings from major mfrs.
If I find that deal again I’ll probably jump on it. 1.5 moa is GTG for a work oriented barrel IMO.
Sorry to bring this back up, but Brownell’s has the regular govt. profile Colt M4 barrels in stock, and I’m tempted to order one. I was wondering how a govt. profile barrel compares to a SOCOM profile barrel in regards to running suppressed? I would think the thinner profile under the handguard would create more barrel whip with a can mounted, and thus degrade accuracy or create a more significant zero shift. Anybody have any light they can shed on this? I’ve only used SOCOM profile barrels, so I want to make sure I have all the info before I proceed with something different.
Every barrel is its own animal… BUT… (my sample of one) I ran a can on a govt profile bushmaster way back before BCM et al were options. Not a problem at all. minimal poi shift. I’d go GOVT profile because a Socom is already heavy without the can. If weight is no concern, a SOCOM might edge out the govt in possible POI shift issues.