Just wondering if anyone has any experience with Lilja barrels. I'm having my Sako .300 Wby rebarreled to .300 Win mag with a Lilja barrel (based on the gunsmith's recommendation) and would like to hear from others who have experience with this brand. I have none.

Lilja barrels will not make you disappointed. Many benchrestshooters can veróify this.

I used to know a custom rifle maker in wheatland wyoming that uses these barrels for his customers. He claims they are pretty good but he prefers barrels made from the first couple of months from the tooling. I think they carry a warranty as well. EJ

Solitary, I have had experience with most of the big names. From now on, I go with Lilja or PacNor, maybe shilen. I like krieger and thier single point cut but my last 300RUM was little rough for my taste. Lilja just seems smoother or handlapped better.

lilja is whats going on my project-X gun. I here nothing but good about them. I had good luck also with shilen.

Thanks for the comments. Anybody else?

Why dropping from 300 Weatherby to a 300 Winchester Magnum??

Probably cause he shot out the barrel of his Wbydue tothe egregious freebore length and wants something that he can shoot that will last. I would not hesitate to put an A&B barrel on it for just hunting.....For more shooting, go with the Wilson barrel....best tolerances on the market. Regards, Rick.

Freebore has nothing to do with burning out a barrel. Freebore gives you the ability to burn alot of powder which burns out a barrel faster.

Eagle338, my reasons for going from a .300 Wby to .300 Win mag are as follows and they're in no particular order of importance:

- The .300 Win mag is close enough in performance to the .300 Wby that I would never, ever be handicapped by the slight difference.
- I've put close to 1000 rounds through the rifle and I just want to try something else now.
- I really like Lapua brass and they don't make it for the .300 Wby as far as I know.
- With the .300 Wby's considerable freebore, I can't seat bullets close to the lands. I want to be able to seat a bullet right up close to the lands if I so desire.
- Just in case I were to forget my handloads when I go hunting, I believe .300 Win mag ammo would be easier to find in stores.
- I like Redding Competition seater dies and the .300 WbyComp seateris too long to use in my Forster Co-Ax press. However, I believe the .300 Win mag Comp seater will work in the Co-Ax. At least I sure hope so anyway.
- I'm just not too crazy about how that double venturi shoulder on the Wby cartridge looks and I don't think it serves any useful purpose.
- I tend to think the .300 Win magcartridge is a tad bit more accurate, though I don't have any personal experience to back this up.

Well, that just about covers it. If you were really interested in gaining some knowledge about my thought process, then I hope this helped.