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Gee - I am late to the game and I hadn’t heard of of Brux, now I have more research to do!

I can shoot a 1" group with a $30 barrel, and then spend hours cleaning the Copper fouling out.

Any premium barrel brand [like Brux or a dozen others] that has lapped bore and grooves so they look like a mirror.... will shoot a lot of 1" groups between Copper cleaning.

Now with anti Copper additives in powders like CFE223, Re23, IMR 4451, or IMR 4166, I can build a rifle with a premium barrel, sight it in, shoot big game, and not clean it... and still it is a 1" rifle.

But if I build a 6 pound hot loaded 7mmRM it may be a 1.5" gun with my poor marksmanship.
But if I build a 8 pound hot loaded 243 Win, it may be a 0.5" gun with my poor marksmanship.

I agree, and Brux has backed what they make. Example: I ordered a #2, 25 caliber barrel for a lightweight 257 Roberts. I looked at the barrel before taking it to the smith who was chambering and installing the barrel and really didn't pay close attention. I got the rifle back and other than doing the chambering and installation, nothing else was done to the barrel. I set the rifle next to a rifle with a #3 Brux on it and the new one's taper was larger than the #3!

I called Brux and talked to Ken. I told him the story and he wanted photos of the rifles side by side. I sent them and Ken called back. He said that the barrel on the 257 was certainly not a #2 and said he was sending one to me with the right taper. I asked him if he wanted me to have the original barrel removed and sent back to them. He said no, keep it. Now I did have money into the 257, but after shooting the rifle, I am sure glad he didn't want the barrel back. Although heavier than I wanted, the rifle is among the best shooting rifles I own. Plus, I was able to make a 25-06 with the second barrel!

You simply can’t go wrong with Brux!

My only wish is that they would do lighter contour stainless.

just started working on my newly built 257 Weatherby mag. Brux barrel 28 inch,7 1/2 twist , #4 contour with my reamer machine work done by Greg Walstrom , i used a Weatherby mark 5 action ,the rifle is my new goat rifle for antelope . so this rifle has a 200 yard zero holds a 5 shot just under 1 inch at 200 yards with 100 gr. Hammer bullets that average 3680 FPS. As far as i am concerned that`s good enough i only have a 5.5-22 x56 Nightforce , now its time to see what it will do at 400 - 500 -600 yards , with wind at 300 yards it was 2 and 3 inch groups - 3 shots only taken each time

My gunsmith says brux barrels are the truest barrels he has ever chucked up in his lathe.

Little different application but it really proves how consistent their barrels are though. Majority of the smokeless muzzleloader builders throw Brux out there a lot because of their consistency. When shooting a “land riding” sized bullet that’s ran through a sizing die it’s really hard to get the sizing right if the barrel has tight spots in it. Brux is one of the few manufacturers that you can size a bullet and push it all the way through the barrel and it feels basically the same from one end to the other. Mine shoots really well and I just ordered another to build a 338RPM, so hopefully they don’t let me down this time either.

I just broke in a 24” fluted .25 Cal Brux stainless #3 . Chambered in 25 Creedmoor. The barrel is fast! Cleans up super quick and it’s spooky accurate. It has already delivered its share of 3 shot groups at 300 yards under a inch. The best so far being a .453 inch group @ 300 yards. I’m getting 3172 FPS with a Berger 115gr on top of H-4350. Looking forward to shooting a couple mule deer with it here shortly.

1:10 Brux on a .458WM I built.

Good shooter... Supers and Subs

IMHO 1:10 is too fast for lots and lots of full performance, but it does help Subs a fair bit.

The current 1000 yard 6 match group agg (at Williamsport) was set with a Brux barrel.