...well at least in the AR platform.... Heard it's some kinda finicky in a gas gun due to the case ....but have had a lot of requests to do a experiment post about one if I ever am able , because apparently alot of folks want a .22-250 AR10. Anyhow BCA had this one on sale aaannnd they had sent me a coupon code so and got it for less then a quarter decent scope so ,we'll see just how bad it is I reckon . But I've been doing a lot of reading the last few months and think I might have a few things figured out...kinda... possibly.... Idk might just end up blowing my face off or tossing it on the parts pile ..who knows

Bought that BCA barrel in .223 Wylde. It cycles and shoots well. It is very heavy. I have it on a Bushmaster lower. Was gonna be my thermal night rifle, but dang its heavy to lug around.

I really like the 22 250 cartridge. In a semi it would really be something at times. I am looking forward to your review.

Dont forget chrony and load development if you don't mind the suggestion.

Of course gonna. Be plenty of pictures for some to complain about too also got an adjustable gas black to play with still need to order my dies and brass though...maybe some powder but not sure what to get ...

My old remington 700 does a good job with IMR 4895 55 grain bullets.

Can't go wrong with H380.

I have a couple BCA uppers in 6 ARC and have been very happy so far with both accuracy and function.

With that twist rate you will need to stick with light bullets!!

I bought two uppers from BCA, both returned after sending them back and forth to try to get them to function correctly multiple times, pure junk.

If it doesn't work well do u blame it on cheap components or the cartridge

Have the complete BCA 22-250 that I picked up from my local gun dealer in a gun trade. Shoots my H380 and IMR4064 well with 55gr. Only thing I changed out was the trigger. Only problem I have with it is the magazine not always picking up the next round. IF they made a magazine for just that round I doubt I'd have that problem.

Egh depends on what's not working.

Feeding issues ? .22-250 is WELL known for not wanting to work in gas gun. Even the nicer ones have feeding issues. Now there some that have a good record for working but I'm not dropping 2k on a rifle to shoot a round that... honestly .... I'm not super crazy about . Just not gonna happen .case design just isn't the best for a gas gun plain and simple. At that when a wel documented deal that's fairly specific to the cartridge in a certain system is happening...then yeah id blame the cartridge... For the most part.

Accuracy issues? Well that can go either way. If I bore scope it and it and the barrel looks like a gravel road the the crown is chipped....yeahhhhhhhh that cheap parts .... If I try and use a 63gr bullet in it and the twist rate of for like a 55gr MAX .... then yeahhhh that's the ...well no really poor parts per say but just the nature of the beast . You can only push so much in a given twist . Would be like getting upset my pack goat can't keep up with a pack mule . It's like duh can be the most high grade whatever but it can only do so much.

Build issues ? .... Look.... It's a complete friggen upper I bought with a coupon for $216 shipped..... Like ..... Come on it's definitely not gonna be THE BEST . Will probably be over or under torqued here or there stuff might rattle a lil ect... I'll probably take it apart during my inspection and reassemble it ... because....again... $216... For a complete upper ... Like some of my barrels are more then that . I'd be an IDIOT for thinking there probably won't be any issues. Like there a point where you just been to be kinda self aware. I really really really doubt I'm going to take this out the box and it just work . But I'm perfectly fine with that ... Kinda the whole.point of getting this and not just a bolt gun that just works

Anyhow just depends what messes up

Yeeeep think I can max out at like 55gr with at 1:14 folk on here said they where able to do good with some 60gr's but idk ... Honestly don't really get the appeal of super fast light bullets(I say that when j have a .17 cal running a 25gr vmax @3900fps) ...but I'm not a big time killer like all y'all so

That mess is so expensive nowadays though, last can I got was like $60

Well another issue is there no gas gun data because....well no one uses this is a gas gun really so I have no real clue how that's gonna effect stuff ... Think I'll steer away from some of the more tried and tested powders because it's all gas gun stuff.... Or.... Idk yeah. Accurate 2520 looks to be a good choice because apparently it works in the pressure range not to mess up the op rod on a M14 so that should keep me in some kinda happy place for an AR10 because there both running at 62000psi rang so

I own 2 barrels made by BCA. Both are 16" 7 twist Wylde, carbine gas, M4 profile. I bought them in the fall of '22 on sale. They sat in the safe for a couple years until I decided to throw together a cheap upper for plinking... A truck gun essentially.

I gauged them both and one wouldn't close on my GO gauge... The other one gauged fine, so I used it. Emailed BCA and told them about the bad one. They sent me a shipping label and had me send it back... And they fixed it and mailed it back to me... After 2+ years. Free of charge. Turnaround was about 10 days.

The one barrel I wound up putting on my build took a bit of breaking in groupwise. But it has settled into about a 1 moa barrel... Which is more than acceptable for its role.

Still haven't shot the other one that was fixed yet.

So that's my experience with BCA. They sold me one bad barrel. But they made it right.

Mike

Welp got the notification it got delivered today ...now .... Should I buy some more bullets to load for it ..or just use from what I already have ?

start with what you have to check function. then you can play with it to find a load

Been happy with mine thus far with the exception of they are magazine picky. Had to go through a few before found one that fed well. For most uses I prefer a 10 rd but have a few 30s for item. Put a primary scope on and have a great rifle. A little long with suppressor and 22 in barrel but still happy.

what brand magazine?