I thought I was just ordering a part for an AR build. But DD has pleasantly surprised me. I guess they are trying to make me feel good about having spent $300 on just one piece of the puzzle and it actually worked. I am sure I'm just making a big deal over nothing but I just never expected to see a barrel come in a box that looks like one of their high priced rifles would come in. But, sadly, I have to admit that I like it. And, I feel much better about my purchase now.
Of course, that is not all there is to the story... I thought that I was purchasing a chrome lined S2W barrel but that was not to be the case. I have learned a little history about DD, in that they used to make a lot of Nitride barrels but only recently started chrome lining them (exactly when I did not find out) and my barrel is actually a Nitride S2W one. After all of the reading that I have done, I am even more thrilled that I stumbled on a company (PK Firearms) selling their older barrels. I am pretty sure some of you guys will say "well why did you buy that caliber" but it is exactly what I wanted.
IMHO, I now have one of the best made barrels with the best possible metal coating, in present times.
I added the barrel nut, triangle cap and bird cage, it didn't come with those but it did come with a factory pinned f-marked sight base. 16" midlength gas.
Of course, that is not all there is to the story... I thought that I was purchasing a chrome lined S2W barrel but that was not to be the case. I have learned a little history about DD, in that they used to make a lot of Nitride barrels but only recently started chrome lining them (exactly when I did not find out) and my barrel is actually a Nitride S2W one. After all of the reading that I have done, I am even more thrilled that I stumbled on a company (PK Firearms) selling their older barrels. I am pretty sure some of you guys will say "well why did you buy that caliber" but it is exactly what I wanted.
IMHO, I now have one of the best made barrels with the best possible metal coating, in present times.
I added the barrel nut, triangle cap and bird cage, it didn't come with those but it did come with a factory pinned f-marked sight base. 16" midlength gas.
