Barrel issue with my P320

[myv]

Update: *Solved! wasn't really an issue at all!*

Hey Calguns, hoping to get some opinions from the crowd here. I have a P320 xcarry slide/barrel that I bought for my 80% build. Finished it two weeks ago and finally had the chance to shoot it last night. As I was cleaning it afterwards I noticed that my barrel was not centered (see pics). Does anyone know what might be causing this?

I took the gun apart and can't figure it out, it stays like this even if the slide is separated from the lower so I don't think its the 80% insert. I manually tried to center the barrel with my hands (no recoil spring, just the slide, the barrel, and my hands) but no dice, still the same issue.

[rmnc3r]

Normal; It's clearance cut so the barrel can tilt without binding when the barrel is installed into, or removed from, the slide.

[Whatisthis?]

My factory P320 X5 looked the same

[myv]

Thank you rmnc3r and whatisthis! Glad to hear that this is normal. Looked funky to me so I wanted to ask the Calguns braintrust.

[9mmepiphany]

Normal; It's clearance cut so the barrel can tilt without binding when the barrel is installed into, or removed from, the slide.

Well, yes and no.

It does make the barrel easier to remove, but that isn't the designed intent.

The hole through the front of the slide is drilled at an angle to lock up the front of the barrel when the gun is in battery. The front portion of the hole contacts the bottom of the barrel, while the rear contacts the top of the barrel.

If you look at your barrel, you'll see the wear on the bottom to be further forward than the wear on the top