I really like BA barrels. I bought a couple three over time . They give a MOA guarantee.... I didn't buy any of them for tac driving , I did expect decent grouping but got them for just shooting , and shooting and shooting .....steels , cans , whatever. And they do that , never a problem , always gassed good.
I bought a Hanson 10.3" and its one of their nicer barrels . One day I was at a sit down range with it and decided to bag it up, put all my reloads I had on hand through it . I could not get MOA for the life of me.
Since they brag on it so much, I called one day for fun. They asked if I tried Federal Gold Medal.....I said no but I put SMK, CC.....77gr , 69gr.....reloads that shoot moa from other AR's . They said well its usually GM and 3 round groups mag fed . I said whatever...the barrels are great ...best materials, process, finish...they just put that guarantee on it to snag sheep.
One day I was looking on their facebook page and all these people were posting how all their barrels were " half inch groups " and all this ass kissing....no pics .
So I wrote on their page that I love everything about them but I thing they should lose the moa thing because I don't think they need it to sell good barrels . I said I have only seen moa from one of my barrels and it was the cheapest one.....it was longer than that including how I got asked if I shot this one certain kind of ammo and I should try that one kind of ammo....on a nice day.....no wind....waxing moon phase.
They wrote back under my post all apologetic, said I should contact them. I said I did , no need to apologize I am not trashing them I just wanted to say that, and continue to buy their barrels , but not expecting MOA .......to me moa gun is with more than just one load....most guns can find a magic load if you have time .
Later that day Clint Hanson wrote under that and said he wanted to talk to me and gave me his email so i could send him my number. I said that I don't want anything, no need and at this point you dont want this barrel back I have shot the hell out of it. He insisted......so what the hell I sent him my number .
The next day the Florida shooting happened....Ballistic Advantage is out of Florida so I figure I wouldn't hear from him as I wasn't sure how this was affecting them.
Later that morning my phone rings and its Clint.
We talk about customer service and how he doesn't like how I was treated. We talked about making barrels and all kinds of stuff.....as it was wrapping up he said that he knows I am not looking for anything but when I build my next gun the barrel was on him....I said no way . He insisted, gave me his cell phone number . Tried to talk me into 224 Valerie .....but later that day I texted him 16" 308 would be what I would build next. He said "done"......he sent me 2 . The Hanson on my gun now and the other was cool too but I sold that and used the money to buy the BCG.......so a free highish end barrel and a good BCG free.....learned real quick about buffer systems . Went to Armalite and bout the last kit in stock for 55 bucks.....tube,buffer,spring,endplate,castle nut......BKing had receiver sets for 189,I moved fast, 250 the next week.......all of a sudden it was on and for super cheep for the quality of gun I ended up with.....IMO. I continued to have awesome luck through the enter build.....that rail is a Pre release....Not sure when its coming to market everywhere but WO has them in a corner .....I was told by Centurion Arms ......i got one .