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I was looking for a 350 Legend AR with a 1:10 twist barrel so I could shoot heavy for caliber subsonic bullets suppressed and I found an add on the Primary arms website that advertised a rifle in 350 Legend with a carbon fiber barrel with a 1:8 twist. Wow, that's even better than a 1:10 I told myself, and carbon fiber barrels are EXPENSIVE. You would be hard pressed to find one for less than 6 or 700 $. The rifle is only 671$. WOW, that's like buying the carbon fiber barrel with a free rifle attached to it! I jumped at that deal obviously. They even describe the advantages of a carbon barrel (more accurate, better heat dissipation, lighter by something like 60%).
Well, you know the saying about things that sound too good to be true, right? The rifle came Tuesday and I rushed home after work to go get it. Well, the barrel is steel and it has 1:16 printed on the top of the barrel just under the flash hider. Maybe they sent me the wrong rifle I told myself. Nope! I emailed Diamondback Arms and asked them. They said "I don't know why it has that description on their website. The DB carbon is just a name; there is nothing carbon on the rifle. The barrels are steel with a 1:16 twist."
I am disappointed obviously. I called PA and they want me to send a picture of the barrel. All they had to do was ask the manufacturer but I guess I have to do their due diligence for them. I don't know how they plan to make this right but I am not holding my breath. That will likely be the last time I buy anything from them.
Well, you know the saying about things that sound too good to be true, right? The rifle came Tuesday and I rushed home after work to go get it. Well, the barrel is steel and it has 1:16 printed on the top of the barrel just under the flash hider. Maybe they sent me the wrong rifle I told myself. Nope! I emailed Diamondback Arms and asked them. They said "I don't know why it has that description on their website. The DB carbon is just a name; there is nothing carbon on the rifle. The barrels are steel with a 1:16 twist."
I am disappointed obviously. I called PA and they want me to send a picture of the barrel. All they had to do was ask the manufacturer but I guess I have to do their due diligence for them. I don't know how they plan to make this right but I am not holding my breath. That will likely be the last time I buy anything from them.