What Manufacturer Made This AR Barrel?

Pauper

March 24, 2013 14:31

I know that every company in the world seems to be turning out AR items. This barrel I am asking about is marked "SA 5.56 NATO 1/9" in white on the end closest to the muzzle. Does the SA designate some particular manufacturer?

Thanks in advance for any help identifying the manufacturer of this item.

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  rufe-snow

  March 24, 2013 16:40

  Springfield Armory, comes to mind. No idea if that's correct though? They farm out a lot of their stuff, might be made under contract?
  
  You might consider calling their customer service folks. They were quite helpful last time I called.

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  tsr1965

  March 25, 2013 03:57

  I would be willing to bet that is a STAG ARMS barrel.
  
  Best

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  KEVD18

  March 25, 2013 08:44

  many, many companies are putting out ar products, but those products are made by a much shorter list of companies. they just stamp different names on them.
  
  it would be murderously expensive for a small time operation to make every part of the rifle themselves, so they contract out the manufacture of most parts with their name on them and call them their own. in fairness, they spec the parts out. what metal, what hardness, twist rate, finish etc. they design it, someone else builds it and puts the designers name on it. same thing with clothing, electronics etc.
  
  i think of it like an orange county chopper(in the early days). they didnt hardly make anything. they flipped through catalogs, picked parts and bolted them together. when done, you had an OCC bike, but not really. as they progressed as a company(fueled almost entirely by americas need for popcorn television, but i digress), they starting fabricating their own parts. frames, tins, bars etc. now, an occ bike is truly occ, but thats not where they started.
  
  i wont swear to the accuracy of this well traveled list, but even if its half true it demonstrates my point. this is a list of ar15 lower manufacturers and who really made the lower with such and such a name on it:
  
  Lewis Machine & Tool
  LMT
  Lauer
  DS Arms
  PWA
  Eagle
  Armalite
  Knights Armament
  Barrett
  
  Continental Machine Tool
  Stag
  Rock River Arms
  High Standard
  Noveske
  Century (New)
  Global Tactical
  CLE
  S&W
  MGI
  Wilson Tactical
  Grenadier Precision
  Colt
  
  LAR Manufacturing
  LAR
  Bushmaster
  Ameetec
  DPMS
  CMMG
  Double Star
  Fulton Armory
  Spike's Tactical
  
  JVP
  Double Star
  LRB
  Charles Daly
  
  Mega Machine Shop
  Mega
  GSE
  Dalphon
  POF
  Alexander Arms
  
  Olympic
  Olympic
  SGW
  Tromix
  Palmetto
  Dalphon
  Frankford
  Century (Old)
  
  Sun Devil
  Sun Devil forged billet receivers
  Lone Star Armory forged billet receivers
  
  Superior
  Superior Arms
  Lauer (New)
  
  Aero Precision
  Aero Precision
  Surplus Ammo and Arms
  Palmetto State Armory
  
  so you have 50 or so companies being manufactured by like 9 machining companies. see what im getting at?

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