Odd BBLs From Numrich

[Olle]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Kind of a strange way to make a replacement barrel... If you're going to the trouble of turning the taper and the shoulder, and chambering it, but not machine the front sight base, why not thread it???

Maybe they are rejects. QC caught them right before they were threaded, and they were sold as metal scrap to Numrich. I get that feeling sometimes when I order from Numrich.