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RE: Barrel Manufacturers.... Suggestions?

Zac, wait tillRoscoe logins-in on the forum, he's a gunsmith in
Colorado, I beleive.

RE: Barrel Manufacturers.... Suggestions?

Zac, Man that is to bad. They will be very soon. My gunsmith has developed his own line of rounds and strictly uses Lilja for them. I know he has .257, 6.5, .277, and soon he is adding a 7mm version, .300 and .338. So I suspect within a few months he will have them going. I can ask my smith for a exact date.

RE: Barrel Manufacturers.... Suggestions?

Rebel, have you used Roscoe for custom work before?

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Zac, no I have'nt, buthe can recommend one close to you.

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It's possible to get a bad barrel from any good barrel manufacturer. I have had really good luck with Krieger. They are cryo frozen and profiled before they are shipped. Single point cut. Big Country - if you got a lemon from Krieger, call them - odds are they will replace it. Hart and Liljaare also very good. I haven't gotten a good Shilen in about two years. Don't know what is going on there . . .

And there is a little knownbarrel maker, who shall remain nameless, that has a little one man shop in the mountains that I have gotten a few barrels from in the past year. The first one, after threading and chambering - and firing ten break in shot, shot a 1/4" group with the first five bullets that went through it :D

RE: Barrel Manufacturers.... Suggestions?

Roskoe, any suggestions on a gunsmith in my neck of the woods?

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ZAC exactly what kind of rifle are you building other then a very heavy rifle? What is its purpose?

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ORIGINAL: Roskoe

It's possible to get a bad barrel from any good barrel manufacturer. I have had really good luck with Krieger. They are cryo frozen and profiled before they are shipped. Single point cut. Big Country - if you got a lemon from Krieger, call them - odds are they will replace it. Hart and Liljaare also very good. I haven't gotten a good Shilen in about two years. Don't know what is going on there . . .

And there is a little knownbarrel maker, who shall remain nameless, that has a little one man shop in the mountains that I have gotten a few barrels from in the past year. The first one, after threading and chambering - and firing ten break in shot, shot a 1/4" group with the first five bullets that went through it :D

I agree Roskoe. Seen many a good Krieger. But if you look thru it with a borescope, you can see the single point cutting lines. I thought that might had something to do with its copper fouling. Even after 400 rounds from a 300RUM, you could still see the distinct cuts from the single point work. And with a borescope still see the copper in there after scrubbing my heart out or 2 or three overnight applications of wipe out.

I sold it off. It shot well, but didn't want to get into this arguing match that my gunsmiths ream job was the cause of copper fouling.

RE: Barrel Manufacturers.... Suggestions?

oldelkhunter, This gun will primarily be my deer gun, although I won't officially limit it to that alone. I'm aiming for right around 9 lbs unscoped, plus scope and rings should come to approx. 10 lbs. Some might think its too heavy, but for the limited walking I do while deer hunting , it will be fine.