Carbon Six

[bitterroot_reaper]

I wanted to see if anyone out there has used Carbon Six in the past. I ordered and pre-paid for a .458 barrel for a smokeless muzzy build. They were super responsive and wanted to get my barrel made in the beginning. They told me, u front, that the lead time was six months. Well, that six months has come and gone, and I have reached out through the "Barrel Update" form on the website, as well as direct email messages. Radio silence.....No reply, zip, zero, nothing. On Thursday it will be seven months. The reason I went with Carbon Six was they offered some custom lengths which I was interested in for this particular build. I am beginning to wonder if I should have just bought a Brux Carbon #17 and been done with it. I am super disappointed in the customer service.

 

[Tahoe1305]

I have two barrels. One I got last year and the other a few years prior.

Post purchase response time is a bit low and frustrating for sure. My two came in within a few weeks of advertised time.

Being only a month late, I wouldn’t be too concerned yet. Not responding at all is frustrating though.

 

[lintond]

Search here and you’ll find plenty of complaints about them being very slow. Rumor is management has changed but I’m going to steer clear personally after so many false updates on my barrel purchase.


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[HandgunHTR]

Their current lead time is realistically around 11 months.

A little over a year ago they signed a contract to provide barrels to Browning, so a good portion of their production is going to fulfilling those orders. I ordered mine back in July during their summer sale and have yet to get it, but I am not that concerned about it as I knew it was going to be long when I ordered.

Edit to add: Another reason I don't mind the wait is that I am confident that the barrel will be a shooter when it does get here. I have 3 other McGowan barrels, which C6 uses for its blanks, and they are all shooters and I have quite a few people that I shoot with that have used both C6 and McGowan and the percentage of barrels that didn't perform to their standards is very low.

 

[waspocrew]

They seem like nice barrels, but I’ve never ordered due to their inability to finish barrels in a timely matter. People are still waiting for barrels from the last holiday sale.

 

[TxLite]

I might be (probably am) an outlier but my experience has been nothing but positive. I personally have owned 3 of their barrels, friends have another 3.

Mine all came in ridiculously fast. Like 1-2 months fast. All of them have shot very well.

The only real issue I’ve had is that my buddy had trouble getting his weatherby vanguard barrel screwed on. C6 had him ship them the rifle and they made it right

As stated above, there are a ton of threads here about long lead times people have faced with C6

 

[swavescatter]

Finally set up my Short Action Customs Barrel Vise and screwed on my 17" Carbon Six 223AI prefit for my Tikka (9 month lead time). Only after did I check the muzzle threads and they're not finished. Dang.

I'll update with how they respond.