Bushmaster V-Match and Varminter Owners

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I would REALLY like to talk with anyone that has a 16" V-Match AR or barrel. Or anyone that has a Varminter and has had the barrel either shortened or replaced.

I have a BM Varminter and it is just TOO long for what I need right now. I am either going to do one of the following three things

Sell the upper
Have the barrel shortened
Send the upper back to BM and have a 16" VMatch barrel installed in the upper with the varminter handguard.

If the accuracy is not there in the V Match barrel, I have also talked with other people here about their 16" Bull barreled uppers(Which I REALLY appreciated)
 
I have the 24 in. varminter and have owned a 16 in. v-match upper and i liked the feel of the 16 in. barrel it was too loud and too much muzzle flash.pretty accurate though ,but not in the same class as the varminter..
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please don't cut it!! If you don't know what your doing ( not trying to say your dumb) you will completly mess up the barrel. The crown of the muzzle is there for a reason and if there are any burs or its not cut square- you won't be able to hit the broad side of a barn. If you must cut it--please spend the $ and have a pro do it. But why do that when you can seel your and use that $ and buy a new upper--they are quite cheap.

P.S.--if you do deside on selling it--i would like to offer to buy it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Dont buy the 16 inch barrel for the v-match. Look at the BM website. They have a new Predator bushy. About the same as the varmiter but a 20 inch barrel with a 1:8 twist. That would be the way to go. Its not chrome lined just like your current barrel. Take a look.
 
Steve, why do you prefer the 8 twist? I've found that you only need a 1/8 twist if you're gonna shoot bullets heavier than 69 grains, I've had dealings with several 1/9 twist barrels from Bushmaster and Colt and have yet to find one that has been finicky. I do like the new predator and the 1/8 twist will interesting but not mandatory.
 
I have seen exactly what Steve M is talking about. I too prefer the 1-8 twist, and I am shooting 55 gr ammo. when I run out, I'll be switching to 75 gr Hp's though.
 
I'm shooting a 16 inch V-Match barrel. It will consistently shoot 1/2" groups with trickled loads, 3/4" groups with thrown powder charges. It's loud, but not anywhere near as loud as my 24" barreled 243.
 
I have a 16" bull barrel on my DPMS with a 1x9 twist and it shoots everything from the 45-68 gr bullets very well (at least for hunting purposes). If you want it shortened, send it to an established gunsmith/barrel maker or order a new barrel to your specs from one of the custom makers. I had a .204 with a 1x12 twist upper made for my AR with a 22" barrel and switch them back and forth depending on what I doing. I like the shorter barrel for hunting coyotes and the 22" for prairie dogs.
 
I'm perfectly happy with my 20 inch V-Match. I like it much better than the 20 inch RRA Varminter I had before it, and the V-Match shoots just as well.

The absolute most accurate AR I've owned was a 16 inch Olympic PCR16, 16 inch bull barrel.

I've got a chrome lined Bushmaster 14.5 inch M4 profile barrel that has shot several 1 MOA groups, with cheap FMJ ammo. It won't always do it, but it's no surprise when it does. My son has a 16 inch Armalite (also chrome lined) that is just as accurate, he's shot lots of 1 MOA groups with a zero magnification aimpoint clone sight.

So 16 inchers will definately shoot.
 
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