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so i love mcgowan and shillen pre fits, every one ive owned or seen has been a shooter.
What about ER shaw pre fits? with the attactive price they have there has to be some downfalls? possibly rougher and foul up easier or arent as accurate?
no wait time, and 200$ is just hard to turn down, what are the drawbacks of people who have owned them?
I have one in 243 AI. Extremely accurate, no complaints from me, can't beat the price.
They are not hand lapped at the factory and that's about the only difference. They really prefer to be broke in properly but they shoot amazingly well. I have quite a few shaw barrels and everyone of the shoot great.
THanks guys! very tempting. just cant decide of caliber, for huntin bolt guns i have a 223, 22-250ai, 243, 280ai, and 30-06. i think theres room for a 6.5...... or a 338 edge
I have a 308 and 6mm AI that will shoot under an inch at 200 yds. The 308 came from Midway when they were in stock. The 6mm AI was ordered from Gun Shack and took over a year to arrive. If you have to order what you want might as well go all out.
My ER Shaw experience mirrors that of the others who've responded.
Relatively accurate barrels that foul pretty quickly.
I put Shaw just a very small step above the Savage factory barrels which are also accurate bore foulers.
Be aware that Shaw contours run rather thick. Especially in .338" and above. I turned Shaw's lightest .338-06 barrel contour down on a lathe and it maintained the same accuracy and felt much better in the hands.
If I were wanting to experiment I think I'd just try to find Savage factory takeoffs and rechamber them.
Bought a 223, so far shoots great happy with it . Stainless steel barrel with installation kit $200 shipped can't beat it.
I took a chance a purchased one in 6.5-06 because I wanted to try the caliber without spending a ton. Mine was $199 from Gunshack. It's certainly a shooter. I only have about 100 rounds through it but 60 of those are long range from 500-1100 yards. At our range we have a 3" steel gopher at 1050 on a sand bank. I hit it 6 out of 10 shots with an 8 mph full value wind. This is with the 140 Amax at 2950 FPS and 28 MOA of elevation and 6 MOA wind. Very happy with the barrel especially for the money. Have not noticed any build up. It seems to clean just fine with CLP and a bore snake.
My 260Rem shoots great and cleans easily with no coppering :-))
Same here. Others I have had have been very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by FW Conch
Whether you get a smooth or a rough Shaw is dependent upon the quality and cleanliness of the barrel reamer and the skill of the operator because IIRC Shaw doesn't lap their barrels.
I have a 7mm-08 that has worked out well for me, only so-so accuracy until broken in, then very good thereafter.
I have two Shaw barrels that shoot very well. A .243 varmint and a 6.5 Creedmoor magnum weight. Both of them are very good shooters for less than $200 each.
I've got two, a pre-fit and a nutless one I had them fit. Sadly, I've had the nutless .30-06 for years and haven't finished building the stock to be able to shoot it. The pre-fit is a more recent purchase from Gun Shack in 7mm Rem Mag. I recently threaded it and am putting a brake on it. The only complaint I have, and until I shoot it I won't know how much of an issue it is, is that while indicating in the lathe off the bore I found one groove in the rifling to be significantly deeper than the rest. I'm hoping it won't do the barrel in for a long range rifle.