Barra Nasty leade, .22 250Z

No luck for me, again.

The leade isn't quite as bad as the last two barrels. But still unacceptable.

And worse yet. About 12" from the muzzle I found this nightmare!

I was told it was going to be borescoped before sending it to me. I have my doubts!

The box arrived in this state. Nothing but the original thin bubble wrap and some brown paper for protection. I'm amazed it wasn't bent.

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I was hopeful... 4 for 4. Junk.
 
No luck for me, again.

The leade isn't quite as bad as the last two barrels. But still unacceptable.

And worse yet. About 12" from the muzzle I found this nightmare!

I was told it was going to be borescoped before sending it to me. I have my doubts!

The box arrived in this state. Nothing but the original thin bubble wrap and some brown paper for protection. I'm amazed it wasn't bent.

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I was hopeful... 4 for 4. Junk.
Yeah that sucks. Much better than before. Have you tried shooting it at all?
 
Much better? Where?

No. I haven't installed any of the ones I've recieved.

It would be a waste of time to install the latest one, with that rough patch in the middle. That would lead up, in no time.

The lands aren't even formed properly. Looks like an inclusion of slag or something soft that couldn't be 'cut'. Plowed is a more accurate term!

The "inspected" barrel was as filthy as the other I got. Any "inspector" worth a damn would have run a patch or 5 through it before putting a scope in it.

Incompetence or dereliction. I don't believe they put a scope in it at all.
 
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Can we see some videos of the leade of your replacement barrel?
I got 125 pellets through it. I’m not cleaning it for Borescope, but I know what a good looking leade looks like and this one I got was great.

I looked at your vids and I agree they look terrible. Damn I found someone with worse luck than me! 🤣

You emailing with Crystal?
 
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I got 125 pellets through it. I’m not cleaning it for Borescope, but I know what a good looking leade looks like and this one I got was great.

I looked at your vids and I agree they look terrible. Damn I found someone with worse luck than me! 🤣

You emailing with Crystal?
Yeah, I did send her the recent vids.
 
Don't tell me what to do, you're not my Dad!

Here we go:

Leade looks like this 360 degrees:
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Crown:
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Couldn't be happier! There is a better barrel for you. I would keep on them.
I take it back, I would have been real happy to get a barrel like that! You lucky dog. The next thing that you're going to say is that your stock actually worked, and could be collapsed and extended too, I bet. Some people get all the luck.
 
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I take it back, I would have been real happy to get a barrel like that! You lucky dog. The next thing that you're going to say is that your stock actually worked, and could be collapsed and extended too, I bet. Some people get all the luck.
Oh no, that stock is set once and done. Lol
I could replace with some real AR15 stocks, but it’s doing the job fine right now.
 
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I purchased a new .22 barrel and asked them to bore scope it before they send it.. They replied ..
Good morning,

I am not able to ask the warehouse to bore scope the part.

If you have a defect in the rifling upon the arrive, please reach back out to us.


Mckenzie
Barra Customer Service Team

On Thu, Jun 19, 2025, at 02:50 AM, stanis stanis <[email protected]> wrote:
Not asking for tha..t Only for you to bore scope it so it does not have defect to the rifling !!!
 
Don't tell me what to do, you're not my Dad!

Here we go:

Leade looks like this 360 degrees:
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Crown:
View attachment 573955

Couldn't be happier! There is a better barrel for you. I would keep on them.
Nope. No good one for me. They want me to ship the rifle and everything back and get a refund.

I think their inspection process is holding it up to a light and looking through it naked eye...

You just got lucky.