Triarc 12.5?

[navyman8903]

Anyone got one and running it? I'm interested in them, the prospect of a middy 12.5 is fascinating. Looking at a pistol configuration but if y'all got the SBR I'd be interested in that mileage also.

If you know anyone and can share that info I would also appreciate it.

[navyman8903]

Guess this tax season I'm going to have to get one and find out on my own.....

[HCM]

Guess this tax season I'm going to have to get one and find out on my own.....

Will Petty of Centerfuge training is running a pinned 14.5” TriArc and has good things to say.

A co-worker has one of their 12.5” SBR’s in NFA jail. Since he didn’t listen to me and build it as a pistol he hasn’t gotten to shoot it.

One of our local Sheriffs offices just bought 30 of their 12.5” SBRs but they’ve only had them a month or two.

[navyman8903]

Will Petty of Centerfuge training is running a pinned 14.5” TriArc and has good things to say.

A co-worker has one of their 12.5” SBR’s in NFA jail. Since he didn’t listen to me and build it as a pistol he hasn’t gotten to shoot it.

One of our local Sheriffs offices just bought 30 of their 12.5” SBRs but they’ve only had them a month or two.

Well hopefully we get some awesome feedback from their experiences. I know a lot of guys are concerned about getting away from a carbine length gas system in anything shorter than 14.5. I mean there's the 13.7 weirdos but for all practical applications.....14.5.

[navyman8903]

FYSA for those concerned.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaQAkVbPKbI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaQAkVbPKbI

[pew_pew]

Interested to see how they fare with time. They are a boutique brand getting propped up by Garand Thumb and a couple other youtubers. Im sure the quality is very good and their barrels seem legit, but when you have someone established at those prices like say, Knights Armament, it’s a tough market.

I do really like that they offer a 13.9” barrel and this alone has me interested in a gun from them. Allows you to pin any of the modern muzzle devices and meet 16” and not have to deal with a pistol or SBR.

[Colt191145lover]

Will Petty of Centrifuge Training runs this piss out of Triarc guns, I would say that's a good sign.

[HCM]

Interested to see how they fare with time. They are a boutique brand getting propped up by Garand Thumb and a couple other youtubers. Im sure the quality is very good and their barrels seem legit, but when you have someone established at those prices like say, Knights Armament, it’s a tough market.

I do really like that they offer a 13.9” barrel and this alone has me interested in a gun from them. Allows you to pin any of the modern muzzle devices and meet 16” and not have to deal with a pistol or SBR.

TriArc has actually been around for several years as a barrel company before they began doing complete guns. I first heard of them five or six years ago from the armorer of a local LE agency who was rebarreling his swat teams rifles with Triarc barrels.

As mentioned there is an agency near me running 30 or 40 of their 12.5 inch guns with Dead Air cans. They are very pleased with them so far.

[pew_pew]

TriArc has actually been around for several years as a barrel company before they began doing complete guns. I first heard of them five or six years ago from the armorer of a local LE agency who was rebarreling his swat teams rifles with Triarc barrels.

As mentioned there is an agency near me running 30 or 40 of their 12.5 inch guns with Dead Air cans. They are very pleased with them so far.

O cool. I’m not trying to dog them. Like I said, I’m sure the guns are fantastic. Tough market at the high end of ARs though. Normally, I’d take a Knights SR15 easily because their track record and history is so good. Plus their upgraded bolt and gas system and all that. Triarc is milspec in that regard.

But I love the 13.9” barrel option and I may order one just based on that.

[HCM]

O cool. I’m not trying to dog them. Like I said, I’m sure the guns are fantastic. Tough market at the high end of ARs though. Normally, I’d take a Knights SR15 easily because their track record and history is so good. Plus their upgraded bolt and gas system and all that. Triarc is milspec in that regard.

But I love the 13.9” barrel option and I may order one just based on that.

Their barrels are great, and I like their version of Hodge’s wedge lock rail the best because it has a built-in QD But I don’t know that they’re complete guns are worth KAC money either. I do have confidence that they are properly assembled and have TP or better quality parts but I could say that about BCM, sons of liberty etc.

[navyman8903]

Their barrels are great, and I like their version of Hodge’s wedge lock rail the best because it has a built-in QD But I don’t know that they’re complete guns are worth KAC money either. I do have confidence that they are properly assembled and have TP or better quality parts but I could say that about BCM, sons of liberty etc.

For me, an HK, Geissele and KAC guy. I am going to give their 16" and 12.5" a try. I've had bad luck with KAC guns coming to me looking like they were dragged across the shop floor concrete before getting to me. And my LGS is super tight with the guys there. So if triarc can get me a gun built to my specs that I don't have to run their specific parts on to get to run.......(ie QDC can, KAC buffer for my SR16 cough $100.... cough....) then I'll be sticking with them. I still love KAC but they've got some house cleaning to do. The KAC guns run well for sure, they just come to me with character I didn't put into it myself.

Plus I think the barrel profile is a touch thicker than the SR15 I have at least. The SR16 barrel is thicker so.....not worried. But! I want to see what Triarc has to offer me and they might be my go to moving forward. I get what you're saying but you can get their stuff more reliably, and plenty of professionals run their guns in harms way. Both are solid performers in a very saturated industry. But I'm curious to see how they fair moving forward.

[HCM]

For me, an HK, Geissele and KAC guy. I am going to give their 16" and 12.5" a try. I've had bad luck with KAC guns coming to me looking like they were dragged across the shop floor concrete before getting to me. And my LGS is super tight with the guys there. So if triarc can get me a gun built to my specs that I don't have to run their specific parts on to get to run.......(ie QDC can, KAC buffer for my SR16 cough $100.... cough....) then I'll be sticking with them. I still love KAC but they've got some house cleaning to do. The KAC guns run well for sure, they just come to me with character I didn't put into it myself.

Plus I think the barrel profile is a touch thicker than the SR15 I have at least. The SR16 barrel is thicker so.....not worried. But! I want to see what Triarc has to offer me and they might be my go to moving forward. I get what you're saying but you can get their stuff more reliably, and plenty of professionals run their guns in harms way. Both are solid performers in a very saturated industry. But I'm curious to see how they fair moving forward.

The SR-16 is KAC’s select fire AR, AFAIK they only sell them to MIL/GOV and all SR-16 uppers on the market are Agency trade ins. As such I would expect them to have “character.” It’s not a Faberge egg. You are primarily paying for it to say “SR-16” instead of “SR-15.” I’m more in the guns as tools category. I was issued an older SR-16 for a short period and it was impressive, especially compared to what else was available 15 years ago.

With current KAC you are paying for something that is mechanically superior to, and more durable than a standard DI gun, similar in concept to HK or Hodge, they are a system. Small functional design details that add up like layers of an onion.

My impression of tri arc is that like Noveske, you could rebarrel a Colt 6920 with a TriArc barrel /gas tube and rail and not be too far off a complete TriArc rifle.

Back to TriArc, as I stated, their true innovation is their barrels. So far a sample of two personal and 30 or 40 agency issued guns are performing up to expectations.

[navyman8903]

The SR-16 is KAC’s select fire AR, AFAIK they only sell them to MIL/GOV and all SR-16 uppers on the market are Agency trade ins. As such I would expect them to have “character.” It’s not a Faberge egg. You are primarily paying for it to say “SR-16” instead of “SR-15.” I’m more in the guns as tools category. I was issued an older SR-16 for a short period and it was impressive, especially compared to what else was available 15 years ago.

With current KAC you are paying for something that is mechanically superior to, and more durable than a standard DI gun, similar in concept to HK or Hodge, they are a system. Small functional design details that add up like layers of an onion.

My impression of tri arc is that like Noveske, you could rebarrel a Colt 6920 with a TriArc barrel /gas tube and rail and not be too far off a complete TriArc rifle.

Back to TriArc, as I stated, their true innovation is their barrels. So far a sample of two personal and 30 or 40 agency issued guns are performing up to expectations.

So my upper is still an MOA gun. I am waiting for the P4Xi and scalarworks mount to show up to verify at 100 yards outside of irons. But with the KAC irons it's a tight shooter. I will say yes, I know most of the SR16 uppers are GOV/Agency trade ins. Ours were demo uppers and were supposed to have between 150 rounds and "less than 1k rounds". I'm not 100% sure what mine has through it but the throat looks solid and the groups are also very tight. So I'm not sure what degradation I'm supposed to expect out of the gun, but I also haven't shot the 77gr BH TMK though it at range with the P4Xi. So we'll see when that happens. My brand new SR15 M lok came to me all scratched up before I ever fired a round.

So you're not wrong and I respect your insight. But this SR16 upper I received was supposed to be less used.......idk yet. The SR15 was brand new out of the box and less than mint when I received it. You will not hear a complaint from me about performance. But the quality of the gun upon receipt was less than mint for sure. I'm not happy with their QC as far as not spiking it off the ground before shipping, however I can't refute the performance of the firearm. I think if I'm spending that much money it should look perfect upon receipt is all. Additionally with my SR16 I should have a reasonable expectation of quality upon receipt. They installed my front sight diagonally and torqued the shit out of it. Which has permanently deformed my rail.

[HCM]

So my upper is still an MOA gun. I am waiting for the P4Xi and scalarworks mount to show up to verify at 100 yards outside of irons. But with the KAC irons it's a tight shooter. I will say yes, I know most of the SR16 uppers are GOV/Agency trade ins. Ours were demo uppers and were supposed to have between 150 rounds and "less than 1k rounds". I'm not 100% sure what mine has through it but the throat looks solid and the groups are also very tight. So I'm not sure what degradation I'm supposed to expect out of the gun, but I also haven't shot the 77gr BH TMK though it at range with the P4Xi. So we'll see when that happens. My brand new SR15 M lok came to me all scratched up before I ever fired a round.

So you're not wrong and I respect your insight. But this SR16 upper I received was supposed to be less used.......idk yet. The SR15 was brand new out of the box and less than mint when I received it. You will not hear a complaint from me about performance. But the quality of the gun upon receipt was less than mint for sure. I'm not happy with their QC as far as not spiking it off the ground before shipping, however I can't refute the performance of the firearm. I think if I'm spending that much money it should look perfect upon receipt is all. Additionally with my SR16 I should have a reasonable expectation of quality upon receipt. They installed my front sight diagonally and torqued the shit out of it. Which has permanently deformed my rail.

On the new gun I would just send it back. Especially given your dealers is one of their biggest and longest running dealers.,

[Wake27]

FYI if you qualify, Triarc has a solid LEO discount program through DSG Arms. Mil qualifies too I believe. Hard to beat at those prices but I agree that outside of those, KAC is just too proven. I had this debate about a year ago and have a KAC upper now so...


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[Wake27]

For me, an HK, Geissele and KAC guy. I am going to give their 16" and 12.5" a try. I've had bad luck with KAC guns coming to me looking like they were dragged across the shop floor concrete before getting to me. And my LGS is super tight with the guys there. So if triarc can get me a gun built to my specs that I don't have to run their specific parts on to get to run.......(ie QDC can, KAC buffer for my SR16 cough $100.... cough....) then I'll be sticking with them. I still love KAC but they've got some house cleaning to do. The KAC guns run well for sure, they just come to me with character I didn't put into it myself.

Plus I think the barrel profile is a touch thicker than the SR15 I have at least. The SR16 barrel is thicker so.....not worried. But! I want to see what Triarc has to offer me and they might be my go to moving forward. I get what you're saying but you can get their stuff more reliably, and plenty of professionals run their guns in harms way. Both are solid performers in a very saturated industry. But I'm curious to see how they fair moving forward.

Did you ever pick up one of their 12.5s?