Got a couple lowers that need a lover and saw they got some decent deals going on right now and was wondering if anybody has put a decent amount of rounds through any of their uppers, always heard good things about their barrels but don’t know anyone with a whole upper by them.
Ballistic Advantage uppers?
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BA is a subsidiary of Aero Precision, so I believe the BA parts are just rebranded Aero. I have both BA and Aero uppers and they are identical.
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I have 3 and they are solid
BA = Aero. Best parts for the money in most cases. I think I have 3 Aero/BA rifles.
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If their complete uppers are as good as their barrels, you won’t be disappointed at all.
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I have 2 BA barreled uppers, one factory built, one built by me. I've shot them pretty heavily this year in a few classes and in my own time. They've been fantastic.
I don't think you can beat them for the money. And you can do a lot worse for more money.
I don't think you can beat them for the money. And you can do a lot worse for more money.
They are having some good sales at the moment. You may be able to piece together what you want cheaper.
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This. BA and AP are owned by the same people. AP barrels are rebranded BA and BA uppers and Atlas rails are rebranded AP (not sure what the deal is with the Logic rails since they don’t seem to be AP). Good stuff but seem to be having some issues with QC on their bolt carriers the last year or so.
They used to be separate companies I think. Then Aero bought BA. Prior to that as dave421 notes, they re-branded each-others product. And still do but now under same umbrella. I believe VG6 is part as well.
The Logic rails must be made by Aero, as the nut and system is the same? I figured Aero made them a proprietary design so that it could have the 45 degree M-lok slots. But just surmising. Gotta have them 45 slots to attach everything known by mankind to be attachable to an ar15.
The Logic rails must be made by Aero, as the nut and system is the same? I figured Aero made them a proprietary design so that it could have the 45 degree M-lok slots. But just surmising. Gotta have them 45 slots to attach everything known by mankind to be attachable to an ar15.
The Logic rails appear to be very similar to R-One’s but with slightly different slot cut outs at the 130/430/730/1030 positions.
The Logic rails are 7 sided I believe vs the 6 sided Atlas series.
They’re both 7 sided plus the top pic rail. The pictures on BA’s site are pretty poor but I have some better pics from an upper I was going to buy second hand.
You're right. I had to go back and look (which is sad since I've had half a dozen Atlas rails). Logic has 7 sides of MLOK vs. Atlas 3 sides MLOK and 4 sides of lightening holes. Which is basically what you said above after re-reading it. The MLOK vs lightening holes is where the weight difference probably comes from I'd guess.
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Well I ended up buying a 11.5” 5.56 Logic upper on Arfcom so I figured I’d do a quick side by side with my 10.5” 300BLK w Aero R-One.
As we suspected, they’re practically identical. Logic has 7 sides of MLOK and no lightening holes on the top rail.
The R-One has 3 sides of MLOK and 4 sides of double stacked lightening slots. It’s also actually 0.02” thinner side to side and top to bottom while looking at the front of the rail. If you look closely, in front of the R-One’s QD socket, you’ll notice a small step-down at 3,6,9 o’clock positions. So I’m sure the R-One will be negligible lighter, so if every 1/2oz counts, got with that one. Lastly, the R-One’s 3 and 9 o’clock sides are not perpendicular to each other, they actually taper inward from bottom to top ever so slightly. I only noticed this while measuring with my calipers.
Otherwise finish is the exact same and once you throw rail covers on, they feel the same in the hand. Same material thickness, same top rail design aside from the R-One’s lightening holes, same attachment system, same overlap of the receiver/alignment system
One call out on my Logic upper, I noticed that the pinned gas block on this Hanson barrel is slightly canted and therefore only about a business card’s thickness away from contacting the handguard compared to about 3-4 cards’ gap on the opposite side. Minor issue IMO.
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Does the BA handguard have LOGIC printed on the side?
and what are those grippy rail insert things?
and what are those grippy rail insert things?
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Yes, it has Logic printed on the right side, in place of Aero’s branding. I’ll get a pic of the right side and top rails in a little bit.
The rail covers are BCM. I love them because they’re slim and grippy but not too aggressive.
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As you can see, the markings are the same sizes and locations, just Aero vs BA branding. My “Logic” is pretty light, almost looks faded but the upper is like new.
You can see the lightening holes on the R-One top rail as well.
You can see the lightening holes on the R-One top rail as well.
Yeah they're great. Absolutely worth getting within their price category. 