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For a lightweight hunting rifle, if you were going to install a stainless 270 barrel, which barrel maker would you choose to do it?

Pac Nor, Hart, other?
5 or 6 groove?

they are all good...who has the contour you want ?
i have had Hart,Douglas,Rock and probably a few others and they all shot great
the .277 barrel i had was a Hart

Hard to buy a bad barrel these days. Find out what your gunsmith recommends and go with that...

Have had several on Lilja #2 and all shot great, course a lot is the 'smith that does the work.

Lilja and Benchmark if I wanted SS.

Rock Creek

Lilja or Benchmark #1 or KS contour.

I’ve had excellent results with Shilen and Lila stainless barrels, but they were not 270.

Just picked up my latest build from the 'smith with a Douglas premium stainless.

It depends on what you want lightweight to be. Contour weights can vary a good bit by maker. There's plenty of great barrels out there. I've used a bunch but the absolute "best" is probably one of the cut rifle makers. As said above, your gunsmith may have a preference and that should carry some weight. Mine prefers Hart and I haven't had a bad one yet.

Don’t know if you can get them across the border but Hugh Williamson Precision makes a fantastic barrel. My .270 HWP is the easiest barrel to develop a load for I’ve ever worked with.

I liked it so much I ordered another HWP barrel, this one a 6.5, had it chambered in 6.5 PRC.

have used many different makers.loved broughton but no longer available.i like a smaller shop.when i order my next sporter barrel it will be mullerworks.recommended them to 4 different friends.shoot as well as the other top builders and fouling is the least i have seen.dan knows his [bleep].button or cut they just plain shine.

Criterion, if they do that cartridge. I have five barrels and all have shot great.

I have a Lilja 1:8 3-groove factory Kimber 84L contour that's a very good shooter w/150ABLR.

I only have 1 custom barreled .277. It is a $3 3 groove Lilja in 270 WSM.

It shoots 130 BT's, 130 Swift Scirocco, and 130 Swift A-Frames into the same group all combined about 3/4"

3 for 3 with great barrels from Lilja including a .224 and .243.

It is pretty easy to get a good shooting barrel anymore.

Several makers won't make anything but a heavy barrel in stainless, Krieger, Bartlein, and Brux. A lot of good makers have been mentioned, I'd probably check Rock Creek, Hart, and Lilja first if I wanted a lightweight stainless. Number of grooves doesn't matter really, I'd ask the barrel maker and take his recommendation. Be sure and twist it right, at least 1-9" for a .270.

I never tried for a .270 barrel, but Rock, Brux, and Barline wouldn't do a #3 in SS for my .338-06. I went with Pac-Nor because they would. So I'd make a few calls and see who will build the barrel you want.

For a .270 Win, if you want 1:10" twist, Douglas is the "easy button". 6 to 8 weeks for a new barrel of your choice fitted and returned. However, Douglas does not list a 1:8" twist for heavy 0.277" bullets. For 1:8" twist, Lilja or Pac-Nor.

I really do like the folks at Pac Nor, they did a stainless 280 barrel for me and they were extremely good people to deal with.

As for twist, I believe the normal 1/10 would do the job. I shoot mainly the 130 or 140 grain bullets for my deer hunting.