McGowen Barrels

[msteele1632]

Can those who have experience enlighten me as to the quality of these barrels? Are they on par with Douglas and Shilen? Anyone think that they're better? Thanks.

[Blue Avenger]

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[psharon97]

yes shilen, douglas, mc gowen are all on par with each other.

[TechHunter]

Have a 24" Stainless McGowen contoured .700 at 24 in 7mm-08. It consistently shoots under .5, fairly often .4, ocasionally .3 and I am not much of a reloader. It cleans fairly easy, but again, I am not very meticulous when it comes to cleaning. I recently switched to Wipeout and patches come out clean after a couple of sessions without having to scrub.