This is a review for a new carbon fiber barrel on the market made by stinger.
Stinger Barrels :: Made in the USA

The one they let me test out is a Autococker threaded 14" hornet series barrel

a Little info about them stolen from their website

First impression - box it came in was very well packaged, someone took some time here.
Took it out of the box, noticed where the carbon fiber meets the adapter in the back doesnt flow that smoothly but its nothing that effects performance. Looking down the barrel it is very smooth and almost a mirror finish.
The only thing bad i noticed on my physical inspection was that in one or 2 of the drilled porting holes i noticed a loose fiber, so i would have to recommend that you do not use a swab on this barrel.


shooting - Let me say, their is a huge difference in how much quieter this barrel is. Shots had a nice grouping, improvement over the stock barrel.


What I like:
very affordable, carbon fiber has a nice clean look to it, very quiet, and extremely light weight (2.2 oz)

What I dislike:
porting was very clean making it not swabable, only available in .692 bore size (i use avg .686), and no brand markings

Final summation:
The Stinger barrel is a very affordable carbon fiber barrel (~$40) that would be a great upgrade from a stock barrel, It's performance and design rates up there with the J&J 1 piece barrels. The one thing that would make this barrel more appealing to me is if it was available in smaller bore size and/or a kit.


this was determined just shooting a hopper through in my backyard, I have not used this in game yet, another review should come by the weekend.
pics to come    

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