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Offline jro45

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Barrels
« on: December 09, 2009, 02:37:06 AM »
What do you concider the best barrel. Myself Shilen. Most of my rifles have a shilen barrel.

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Re: Barrels
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2009, 03:05:31 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2009, 03:22:16 AM »
I like Shilen, I have 2 rifle with them and just recently got a Shaw.  I like the Shilen better, but I've shot them more.
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Re: Barrels
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2010, 12:37:23 AM »
The best barrel for my money is an Adam and Bennett.  I haven't owned one yet that wasn't a tack-driver.  A lot cheaper than the high end ones too.  I did recently pick up a 25" Schneider for my 300 win mag.  I'll be curious to see how it shoots.
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Re: Barrels
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2010, 02:55:46 PM »
PACNORE makes a nice barrel also.
I had one done up in 225 Win and put on one of my old Rem model 30S EXPRESS actions with a new Richards Micro fit stock.
It is a #5 heavy sporter, 28" long.
Came out really nice.
Shoots really good with factory ammo.
5 shots under a quarter is standard.
This has been several years ago but IIRC it cost about $149.00.
I have been very pleased with it.


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Re: Barrels
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2010, 01:07:16 PM »
Have 1 hart and 1 Lilja like them both. Hopefully soon going to try a shaw on a varmit rifle.

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Re: Barrels
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2010, 01:24:46 PM »
Let see  right now have Broughton,Shilen,Hart,Bartlein,Krieger,K&P,Lilja,Chanlynn,Lawton and Pac-Nor and I still have one rifle with a McMillian barrel only one not in business today is K&P,McMillian barrels was purchased by Wiseman.

Spence,Schneider,Brux,Benchmark,Rock,H&S,Obermeyer,Gaillard all make nice barrels used some of them in the past.

If you have a rifle build and use a good barrel and you shoot it and your happy with it then it's a good barrel. 

I don't select a barrel on cost I look more at how it perform with bullets I want to shoot and I like the idea I get to select twist/rifling/contour/length/bore,groove dia.

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Re: Barrels
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2010, 05:53:50 AM »
I have tried various aftermarket rifle barrels in various calibers, including the following:
Lilja
Douglas
Pac-Nor
Schneider
Shilen

All of the above rifle barrels have delivered excellent precision. Having said that, I now focus on value - the best bang for the buck - and use Pac-Nor. Chris Dichter, the owner, is great to work with, he makes barrels that shoot better than I can, provides good turnaround time and is a little less expensive than the other guys. I use his barrels on my hunting and High Power Silhouette rifles.

I have no relationship whatsoever with Pac-Nor, other than being a satisfied customer.

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Joaquin B.:cb2: