I just received an email that some Brownells AR-15 barrels are being recalled due to a small error in the manufacturing process. It appears that when drilling the gas port, some barrels may show signs of the drill bit contacting the rifling on the opposite side of the barrel.

THIS IS NOT A SAFTEY ISSUE!

Brownells stands behind every product they sell and take customer satisfaction seriously. They feel that this small defect will impact accuracy and is not up to Brownells standards and has offered to refund or replace the affected barrels as soon as replacements become available.

I have to say that I am reasonably impressed by the proactive actions of Brownells and how seriously they take their 100% satisfaction guarantee. Not many companies out there would have emailed everyone that purchased one of the models of barrels that might have the small defect.

The part numbers of the affected barrels are below:

100-021-000 AR-15 10.5″ A2 CARBINE BARREL 1-7 STRIPPED

100-020-996 AR-15 12.7″ A1 CARBINE BBL 1-12

100-020-997 AR-15 14.7″ A1 CARBINE BBL 1-12

100-021-009 AR-15 14.7″ A2 CARBINE BARREL STRIPPED

100-020-998 AR-15 16″ A1 CARBINE BBL 1-12

100-021-010 AR-15 16″ A2 CARBINE BARREL 1-7 STRIPPED

100-020-999 AR-15 20″ A1 RIFLE BARREL 1-12 BBL

100-021-011 AR-15 20″ A1 RIFLE BARREL 1-7 STRIPPED

100-021-650 AR-15 20″ A2 RIFLE BARREL 1-7 BBL

100-021-012 AR-15 20″ A1 RIFLE BARREL 1-7 BBL

If you believe that you have one of these barrels you likely have already received the email from the Brownells customer service team, but on the off chance that you purchased it from a dealer you may want to follow up with their customer service team.

Bravo Brownells, handling a recall like this is really classy. You continue to impress me with the commitment you have to your customer base.

Here is the email I received: