Herlo Barrel Markings... Correct?

Found this listed today, I don't ever recall taking the time to pay attention to the barrel markings before.
Would you call it an accurate description?

Here is part of the sellers description,

" marked 5557145HC, 1-73 LOT 3 "

" Used, 1973 Herlo replacement barrel "
" Barrel is NOT chrome lined. Breech end stamped "P" on the top and "M" near the gas block. No other markings. 4 groove, right hand twist. Muzzle measures 0.3015"

Thx,
Charlie-Painter777



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Correct, its Herlo.

Yes, it's a Herlo barrel. As to accuracy, at one time, the "HC" indicates that it did have hard chrome lining. But that could have been removed, judging from the stated bore diameter (0.3015"), it might have even been shot out :madsmile:

Same info on this one, one hundred later, so seems right:

It wasn't just the chrome lined barrels that were bad. Not all barrels of Herlo's barrels were chrome lined. Many were made with the wrong rate of twist so the bullet would tumble before it even got to 25 yards. Some of the gas blocks were bad if I remember right. I think there were five or six major problems with them and that is why they were all rejected by the government. Some, a very few were ok in that they worked as they were supposed to but there was no way to tell which were good and which were bad. Even the Korean military rejected them when the one who bought them as scrap tried to sell the barrels to them. Look out for the ones that were stamped with a crossed cannon stamp on the barrel flat to make them appear to be accepted barrels. Sold quite often at gun shows as being real.

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Originally Posted by Bruce McAskill

Many were made with the wrong rate of twist so the bullet would tumble before it even got to 25 yards.

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That would suck...

My good buddy is a dealer and has sold piles of Herlo barrels. He would buy them in lots of 100 and have the chrome stripped out of them. He would lose 9-10 in the process but the rest were quick sellers. I am sure this is what you are looking at. I would avoid it, no doubt about that.

That barrel never had a chrome lining. The chrome lined ones were marked 8448416 HC. The problem with this batch was an inconsistent twist rate that made them inaccurate. They were all rejected by the military for that reason.

With so much information out there.... Why are people buying them?
I just don't get it.

Because dealers are sometimes greedy and will tell a buyer what ever it takes to part them from their hard earned money. Just look at the likes of old George and his friends. New people into carbines do not know the " The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" about these dealers. Most go on line looking for what they need and those bad web sites show up and another one bites the dust buying a brand new fake rear sight or an as new stock.