spotstalkshoot
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I had decided to put together a billet side charger 223 wyde upper. After pricing different components/shipping I couldn't pass up BCA 18" heavy SS upper that is/was on sale. Ordered it Friday, came UPS today. Barrel is chatter free and little burring around the gas port. I'm going to run the same ammo thru it, testing against a factory Bushmaster and a carbine build I did 5-6 years ago for a total (rifle only) of 300.00(50.00 new barrel off Gun broker). The load --Fed brass(O.F. military) CCI 450, H335(25 gr) Hornady 55 gr varmint sp. Coal 2.220. I flushed/brushed the new barrel with FreeAll and patched dry. One interesting situation, I have a 3.5-10 scope in a PrepR QD mount on the carbine, going to pull off after the carbine targets are shot and shoot on the new upper. Carbine upper is very square, minimal windage adjustment needed for scope zeroing at 100 yards.