troupe Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Spinta is the company that makes the barrels , and I thought a stretch was rifle length gas. My fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmiller Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 8 hours ago, troupe said: I just built 3 rifles for the family using the Spinta barrels and they were the stretch 16" rifle length gas. All 3 have produced 3/4 to 1" at 100 with cheap PMC Bronze 55gr. ball ammo. I have been very pleased. They had a great deal on these a while back, I was so tempted to buy one. Glad you are getting good results Tommy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkCO Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Stretch16s have Intermediate length gas, not rifle length. A 16" rifle length is not the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southbound Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 From their FB page: Good news and bad news. Bad news = All Melonite barrels will be discontinued for 2018! Grab them while we have them. Good news = We'll have a few new barrel models for 2018 that you will really, really like! Can anyone speculate why they are d/c melonite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louu Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Southbound said: From their FB page: Good news and bad news. Bad news = All Melonite barrels will be discontinued for 2018! Grab them while we have them. Good news = We'll have a few new barrel models for 2018 that you will really, really like! Can anyone speculate why they are d/c melonite? Didn't glock come out with some new coating on their gen 5 barrels? Maybe Stretch is going to use the same thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevarm Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 3 hours ago, Southbound said: From their FB page: Good news and bad news. Bad news = All Melonite barrels will be discontinued for 2018! Grab them while we have them. Good news = We'll have a few new barrel models for 2018 that you will really, really like! Can anyone speculate why they are d/c melonite? I would guess because according to Mcgowen (who makes the barrel) they say that the melonite makes the smaller parts on the barrel like the barrel extension lugs weaker. I have had two barrel extensions on my stretch barrel have the lugs deform and cause issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southbound Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 On 12/24/2017 at 11:15 AM, louu said: Didn't glock come out with some new coating on their gen 5 barrels? Maybe Stretch is going to use the same thing... DLC perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaminyz Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Didn’t someone call this issue out a few pages back? That the extension shouldn’t be Melonite only the barrel. I thought the issue was if you have a nitride bolt and Melonite extension the bolt causes hairline fractures in the metal or something like that. I don’t exactly remember what was said but maybe this is a real issue. I just bought an AR Performance barrel and they don’t Melonite the extension only the barrel is. Their barrels are also 4150 steel and not 416R SS, not sure if that makes any difference. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akkid17 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Is stongside tactical not selling these anymore? I’m having a hard time finding a place to buy one of these barrels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpom Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 6 minutes ago, Akkid17 said: Is stongside tactical not selling these anymore? I’m having a hard time finding a place to buy one of these barrels Have you tried calling SST to find out their plans? Love mine, crazy accurate with quality ammo. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akkid17 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 No, just saw they only have the melonite version on the website now and they are sold out and I read that they were discontinued for 2018. So I was wondering if another company is selling them now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 https://www.stretchprecision.com/brands/STRETCH-Precision.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akkid17 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akkid17 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Sold out there too, guess I’m just going to have to keep waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkCO Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Melonite was permanently discontinued in the Stretch Line. They are back with a few versions in stock now. https://www.stretchprecision.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 4 hours ago, MarkCO said: Melonite was permanently discontinued in the Stretch Line. They are back with a few versions in stock now. https://www.stretchprecision.com/ Not gonna lie, the Stretch 18 seems like an answer to a question no one asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpom Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Agree, which is why it's not produced Did you mean to say the intermediate length gas system in the 16 offers no benefits over the mid length gas system? Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 2 hours ago, mpom said: Agree, which is why it's not produced Did you mean to say the intermediate length gas system in the 16 offers no benefits over the mid length gas system? Mark It was on the website when I posted. Its gone now. Intermediate 16's are great and a huge step up from mid gas. 18" barrels might as well be rifle has though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpom Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 I looked and did not see it either, so ASSumed it did not exist, sorry. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akkid17 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Doesn’t noveske make a 18” intermediate gas barrel? And I think white oak does as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, Akkid17 said: Doesn’t noveske make a 18” intermediate gas barrel? And I think white oak does as well. Yes, but I think WOA's intermediate is slightly different. Geissele has their own proprietary intermediate 16" now too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamge Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 I wonder if any barrel vendors will spec out a 18" barrel with rifle+1 length, similar to how I see the AR10 barrels. The AR10 market realized they wanted longer gas length than rifle, so they came up with a rifle+1, rifle+2 nomenclature. I think a 18" rifle+1 223wylde barrel would be quite interesting to shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtm Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I have run a stretch barrel since 1999.......20" with rifle gas! Nice and soft, great velocity, very reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/20/2020 at 10:31 AM, adamge said: I wonder if any barrel vendors will spec out a 18" barrel with rifle+1 length, similar to how I see the AR10 barrels. The AR10 market realized they wanted longer gas length than rifle, so they came up with a rifle+1, rifle+2 nomenclature. I think a 18" rifle+1 223wylde barrel would be quite interesting to shoot. I've spent some time looking into it. I spent an afternoon calling guys like White Oak, Craddock etc. and asking about the feasibility of it. They've all done it in long 223 barrels (24"+) and said a 22" +2 gas could work. But more than once I was referred to a chart showing that anything past rifle gas in 223 is past the point of diminishing returns with relation to lowered pressure at the port, and by extension lowered felt recoil, and the only reason to go longer than rifle is to keep from having timing issues with excessive dwell time on long barels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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