ER Shaw rifle barrels??

The specs on the reamer plus the attention to detail that the gunsmith uses to get the barrel indicated in are often over looked as a part of the accuracy. Shooters have not got to a point to where they like to talk about certain kinds of chambers working extremely well in their super accurate rifles. With the AR 15 crowd, you hear often that the "Wylde" style of chamber is used in a barrel to indicate the potential of better accuracy.

When a std SAAMI spec reamer is used you have a lot of slop in the chamber. Now, if you combine a sloppy chamber with sloppy machining techniques, then you have the likely hood that bullets will get started in the barrel crooked, ruining any chance of super accuracy.

DGW mentioned that a fellow range member installed a Shaw on his benchrest barrel recently with great results. Chances are that the gunsmith uses the finest machinist techniques in chambering the barrel, and as a result, the rifle shot very well. A Benchrest shooter that is pleased with a barrel usually has very high standards....this speaks volumes.
 
Originally Posted By: ackleymanThe specs on the reamer plus the attention to detail that the gunsmith uses to get the barrel indicated in are often over looked as a part of the accuracy.

Yep.
Gotta get things "zeroed out".
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I ordered a .35 whelen barrel from Midway about 2 months ago. It's been backordered, suppose to come in stock in January. Hoping to get good results out of it.
 
Originally Posted By: ackleymanThe specs on the reamer plus the attention to detail that the gunsmith uses to get the barrel indicated in are often over looked as a part of the accuracy. Shooters have not got to a point to where they like to talk about certain kinds of chambers working extremely well in their super accurate rifles. With the AR 15 crowd, you hear often that the "Wylde" style of chamber is used in a barrel to indicate the potential of better accuracy.

When a std SAAMI spec reamer is used you have a lot of slop in the chamber. Now, if you combine a sloppy chamber with sloppy machining techniques, then you have the likely hood that bullets will get started in the barrel crooked, ruining any chance of super accuracy.

DGW mentioned that a fellow range member installed a Shaw on his benchrest barrel recently with great results. Chances are that the gunsmith uses the finest machinist techniques in chambering the barrel, and as a result, the rifle shot very well. A Benchrest shooter that is pleased with a barrel usually has very high standards....this speaks volumes.

About the Shaw barrel on my benchrest shooting buddy's rifle. He'd bought a Savage replacement barrel made by Shaw already chambered, forget the cartridge. He ordered the $200 barrel from some place that keeps them in stock, so delivery time was a week or so. Has the tools to install a Savage barrel himself. No gunsmith was needed.
 
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