choosing an AR barrel 16 or 18 inch?

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lookin good for this barrel. i have to say, ive found alot more good then bad, as far as reviews for the barrel. element arms has one on gunbroker for 10 bucks cheaper than midway, i may call tomorrow and see if they have any more. the reason why i wanted a Wylde chamber is to be able to shoot a more variety of ammo (223 and 556) just in case the ammo starts to become hard to find. but i see black hills has some good looking match ammo in 556 (m855? or M-somethin) and there seems to be some good, cheaper 556 ammo available, so i could deal with runnin 556 ammo only, since the barrel gives so much bang for the buck.

You can shoot .223 in a 5.56 chambering just fine. Any accuracy/reliability difference is far outweighed by running the proper load.

However, shooting 5.56 in a .223 is not advised.

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lookin good for this barrel. i have to say, ive found alot more good then bad, as far as reviews for the barrel. element arms has one on gunbroker for 10 bucks cheaper than midway, i may call tomorrow and see if they have any more. the reason why i wanted a Wylde chamber is to be able to shoot a more variety of ammo (223 and 556) just in case the ammo starts to become hard to find. but i see black hills has some good looking match ammo in 556 (m855? or M-somethin) and there seems to be some good, cheaper 556 ammo available, so i could deal with runnin 556 ammo only, since the barrel gives so much bang for the buck.

You can shoot .223 in a 5.56 chambering just fine. Any accuracy/reliability difference is far outweighed by running the proper load.

However, shooting 5.56 in a .223 is not advised.

roger that. well thats cool then. i think this barrel is the winner. all i want it to do is be able to take a coyote at 300 yards max. im confident that this barrel will do it, if i do my part.

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300 yards should be gravy with any barrel.

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Forgot to update this. I ordered a DPMS mk12 barrel, the 18 inch flava. All I read about is how great of a deal the barrel is so I gave it a shot. Should be on my doorstep Thursday. All I need is the gas tube and gas tube roll pin and the build will be done. I'll post pics.

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Forgot to update this. I ordered a DPMS mk12 barrel, the 18 inch flava. All I read about is how great of a deal the barrel is so I gave it a shot. Should be on my doorstep Thursday. All I need is the gas tube and gas tube roll pin and the build will be done. I'll post pics.

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Looks like you've already got the double-tap down!

I could imagine myself with a mk12 barrel...