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I'm getting a custom rifle made and I have the choice of getting a Kreiger, Broughton, Hart, Bartlein or Lilja barrel. Which barrel has the best potential for accuracy? This rifle will be seeing shots 1000 yards. As of now I'm leaning toward Lilja and Kreiger. I want it to be 30" of length with a 1:10 twist rate. The cartridge will be a .300 RUM.
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I have Broughton, Hart and Lilja out of those. I use a Broughton on my BR rifle. You will be fine with any of those. They all make a good barrel. The guy screwing it on most times is more important than the place that made it.
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The guy will be Kevin Cram, owner of Montour County Rifles, he's very good. Thanks for the input!
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I have the choice of getting a Kreiger, Broughton, Hart, Bartlein or Lilja barrel. The guy will be Kevin Cram, owner of Montour County Rifles,... Ask him which one he wants to put on. Lots of 'smiths have preferences on which barrel steel they're most familiar or comfortable with. As for the original question, you'll get fine accuracy from any of them, as well as a handful of other makers as well.
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No doubt for me, Schneider would be my first choice.
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Just had Karl put a Broughton on a 223AI and its a great barrel, look em over just dont over look em.............
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If you walk the line at Camp Perry during the long range, the predominant names you are going to hear are Broughton, Kreiger, and Hart. One of the new guys on the block is Steve Satern of Satern Custom Machineing. Those others you listed will be present, but not nearly as well represented as those listed above. Good luck with whoever you choose to go with.
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I think all would prolly shoot better than most of us could.
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Rock has been right up there IMHO lately too.. an offshoot of Jacks Krieger bunch IIRC.
Have another rock tube coming on a 308 soon, and suspect it'll drive tacks like my other Kriegers do.
The 2 bad things I've seen... Schneider sending out tubes marked one twist but actually another and not standing behind that. And Lilja tubes dying very quickly.
I will say that both shot VERY well and it was isolated incidents but its led me to stay away from them mostly.
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Mike Rock was taught by Boots Obermeyer, not Krieger. Bartlein are the guys that worked for Krieger.
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Hey, Sniper, where is this guy in Montour County? I'm in Lycoming. My smith, over at Whitetail Gunshop in Rauchtown (Clinton County) use Krieger barrels with a 1:8 twist for their long range thirties and get amazing results. You can give them a call at 570-745-3456.
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Just another among a lot of very good options....but I've been watching a pair of Brux barrels in sporter contours work out to 600 yards on 300 RUM's.I'm impressed;saw one shoot a group of about 1.5" yesterday,at 300 yards.Groups to 600 are running well under MOA,and again these are sporter,not target, contours,on hunting rifles.
I'm anxious to order one as soon as I figure out what caliber.....
The 280 Remington is overbore.
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Mike Rock was taught by Boots Obermeyer, not Krieger. Bartlein are the guys that worked for Krieger. Good correction, don't tell my wife I made the first mistake of the year.... I'd take an obermeyer in a heartbeat too.. never seen one of those shoot bad either. Thanks for the correction, Jeff
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Just ordered another Rock in 6.5 to accompany the thirty cal.
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