CLE Barrel: Recon vs Tactical

[MarkLeupold]

Does anyone know the differences between the Compass Lake Engineering Recon contour and Tactical contour. I figure the 16" Recon weighs about 34 oz or so, but I can't make up my mind if the Tactical contour looks lighter or heavier based on their pictures. There were no weights or contour specs listed, and I'd assume the Tactical is a little lighter, but I just wanted to check and see if anyone knew if it was a large difference or not.

(Yes, send Compass Lake a message last week, they haven't gotten back to me yet)

 

[charnicus]

I got a 14.5 tactical at home. Let me know what measurements you want.

 

[MarkLeupold]

I got a 14.5 tactical at home. Let me know what measurements you want.

If you know the weight of the barrel with receiver extension, and the diameter at the muzzle, I can get pretty close for a 16" barrel.

If you don't know the weight, I'd have to know each separate diameter of the taper and their positions on the barrel to estimate total weight. Something like this:

 

[charnicus]

I got you. It may be off a bit due to an LMT conversion but I’m sure it’s negligible.

 

[rlsmith1]

I sent them a message too and haven't heard back. Give them a call and they will pick up the phone, that's what I had to do

 

[bigjake83]

I personally like the Fluted SDM for my shorter Barrels 14.5-16" The extra rigidity enhances accuracy and the extra weight isn't noticable.

 

[MarkLeupold]

I personally like the Fluted SDM for my shorter Barrels 14.5-16" The extra rigidity enhances accuracy and the extra weight isn't noticable.

That's kinda what I'm going for. First AR, so I kinda want it to do whatever I need it to. It doesn't have to be great at everything, but accurate enough to have fun at 600-800 yards, a heavy enough barrel to do 10-20 shot strings without too much trouble, and light enough to hike with and point quickly at shorter range targets

 

[charnicus]

2.9lbs with pinned dead air fh and gasblock installed. One inch front of extension for two inches. Tapers to .850” for eight and a quarter inches. .750” at the gb and .740” to the muzzle.

Not a lightweight profile.

 

[mheimer_45]

Umm the recon barrel has the correct step for the aem5 as the tactical barrel does not.

If your not running an AE suppressor no reason to go recon.

 

[Brandon05_88]

@mheimer_45 called it. No differences at all in the contours except the step for the collar. Even the SPR is the same contour, just longer.

 

[MarkLeupold]

Umm the recon barrel has the correct step for the aem5 as the tactical barrel does not.

If your not running an AE suppressor no reason to go recon.

Unless I wanted the fancy-schmancy 15.1" length option

But really, this makes a lot of sense. Thank you for clearing that up!