Discover unparalleled performance with Criterion's CORE Series barrels.
Criterion's CORE Series barrels are meticulously crafted for tactical shooters, addressing traditional profile issues such as weight distribution, balance, and handling while enhancing performance through consistent harmonics and uniform heat dissipation.
Key Features:
- Modern Taper Profile: The CORE Series features a continuous taper profile that eliminates steps and harsh variations in diameter, ensuring optimal performance.
- Heat Management: Steel is strategically redistributed around the chamber, adding weight that absorbs heat evenly during intensive use, enhancing control and balance.
- Lightweight Front End: The design maintains a light and fast front end, improving handling and speed, essential for modern accessories like Low Power Variable Optics (LPVOs), weapon-mounted lights, suppressors, and night vision devices.
- Chrome-Lined: For superior barrel life and corrosion resistance, Criterion's chrome-lining process is unmatched, ensuring accuracy is never compromised.
- .223 Wylde Chamber: Safely fires both .223 Remington and 5.56 NATO ammunition, enhancing accuracy through more consistent chamber pressures.
- Precision Rifling: Honed and hand-lapped rifling delivers perfect bore uniformity and a pristine internal finish, crucial for accuracy and ease of cleaning.
- Reliable Extraction: Finely polished chambers ensure dependable extraction and feeding.
- Gas Port Tuning: Designed for proper function with or without a suppressor.
- Gas Block Journal: 0.625” Gas Block journal, dimpled for easy installation and solid lock-up.
- Muzzle Threads: 1/2×28 TPI muzzle threads compatible with a wide range of muzzle devices and suppressors.
- Precision Machining: Barrel extension features M4 feed ramps for enhanced reliability.
Available Gas System Lengths:
- Carbine Gas System: Compatible with AR15 carbine length gas tubes with 10.5", 11.5", or 12.5" Barrel Length.
- Mid-Length Gas System: Compatible with mid-length gas tubes with 13.9", 14.5", or 16" Barrel Length.
- Rifle Gas System: Compatible with AR15 rifle length gas tubes with 18" or 20" Barrel Length.
The CORE Series barrels are designed to excel in real-world applications, providing exceptional performance and rugged reliability during demanding use. Experience the difference where mobility and performance are paramount.