Reply With QuoteHave or had two. Both blued and polished. Bug hole shooters in .221 Fireball ond 6 BR.
I'm ordering one of Shilen's CM barrels in 260 Rem, 8 twist, varmint weight, 26". I've never tried one of their Chrome Moly barrels,can an owner of one of these barrel advise how they shoot, copper foul?
Vietnam Vet, Jun 66 - Dec 67
Have or had two. Both blued and polished. Bug hole shooters in .221 Fireball ond 6 BR.
Oz never gave nothing to the Tin Man, that he didn't already have.
Do they come from Shilen blued and polished, or did you do that part? I see most CM barrels advertised as "in the white" or unfinished. If they sell them nicely blued, I'd be more willing to go that route.
I have used some on a couple builds and they shoot fantastic.
Yes, the one I ordered from NSS is "in the white". I plan on bead blasting it and applying the no bake Cerrecote.
Vietnam Vet, Jun 66 - Dec 67
Ok, thanks Tom. Good luck with your build and keep us posted. What is your build mainly intended for?
My #4 contour in .284 Winchester is a shooter.
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I have access to a friend's 1000 yard range just 2 hours from my home and want to see if I can get better long range accuracy than my Shaw barreled 308.Originally Posted by barrel-nut
Got the tracking number from NSS, barrel is supposed to be here tomorrow along with the dies I ordered from MidSouth Shooter Supply.
Vietnam Vet, Jun 66 - Dec 67
I ordered that exact barrel from Jim, as well. The bluing is very nice. Not too shiny. And all Shilen barrels are now hand lapped. I cant wait to get this 260 Rem going!
Compared to the stock sporter.
And a perfect recessed crown.
Am looking to purchase the same barrel. So, NSS had the barrel in inventory and shipped in less than a week?
No, it wasn't "in stock". I ordered mine right before Xmas, and it arrived, directly from Shilen, a week ago. Still not bad, considering they quoted 12 weeks! Jim is the man! And I love how he operates the business. No email this, or machine order that. Nope! You talk directly to Jim to order a barrel. He takes all your info voice to voice. The way things USED TO BE DONE.
Thank you sir for the quick reply. "Customer Service"- sounds like a novel approach! I will call Jim tomorrow.
So Dave, yours was blued by Shilen?
Received my barrel late yesterday afternoon along with the Lee collet die set I ordered from Midsouth Shooter Supply. Had the barrel installed and head spaced on my action 15 minutes later. I was pleasantly surprised the barrel came nicely blued, not in the white. Now for load development and a range trip Sunday.
Vietnam Vet, Jun 66 - Dec 67
Awesome!! Let us know how she performs.
Yes, all Shilen barrels now come blued and hand lapped. GaCop is ahead of me, but Im on the same path. Invested a bit in a new Dillon 550 & Redding dies, to add to my reloading equip. So I've been playing with set up, case prep., etc. I'll update in my build thread, once I get it on my 10 action, and in the chassis.
That's great! Are they much cheaper than stainless? I see a sporter 22" .308 in my future.
Stainless is for $$$.
It cost me $279 for the chrome moly barrel from Jim plus $21 shipping. I received my barrel in 6 days, ordered it last Saturday morning, had the barrel Thursday afternoon.
Vietnam Vet, Jun 66 - Dec 67
Haha! That's funny to me. Your welcome GaCop! Jim must have ordered several, when I made my order. Because mine was special ordered, and I just got mine a week and half ago.
That's not bad at all. Go choot that thing man!! Give us a report..
Got back from the range a short while ago. Windy as hell today, 15 mph gusting to 20 mph. Wind was varying between 11 0'clock and 1 o'clock so basically a head wind. Temperature 44 degrees, RH: 42%.
Sighted in with loads I threw together with H-414 and 140 grain Hornady interlock's (2659 fps). Got on paper at 200 so started testing 140 grain A-Max bullets pushed by Win 760. Bullets seated .010" OTL @ 2.240".
42.6 grains, MV: 2782 fps, ES-53, SD-19, 5 shot group at 200 yards was 2.458" with 4 rounds going into 1.640".
42.9 grains, MV: 2794 fps, ES-64, SD-23 " " " " " " " " " " " 1.347" with 4 rounds into .437".
43.2 grains, MV: 2793 fps, ES-35, SD- 14 " " " " " " " " " " 1.284".
43.5 grains MV: 2811 fps, ES-47, SD-17, " " " " " " " " " " " 1.077" with 4 rounds into .841".
Loads were assembled with the Lee collet die set's dead length bullet seater. I've ordered a Forster competition seater die which, I believe, will improve groups overall.
Nothing to brag about but not real disappointing for the first range trip either.
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Vietnam Vet, Jun 66 - Dec 67
Looks promising. Confident you'll get it sorted out!
I'd say that holding 1/2"MOA on your first outing, in bad conditions is a little more than "OK"! I will be thrilled if I can duplicate those results with the same barrel. Good stuff bud!
Well that makes me feel a bit better! Shot the rifle again yesterday at my club range at 200 yards. Temperature was 38 degrees with a strong cross wind between 15 and 25 mph (blowing things off the bench like my glasses)! Relative Humidity (RH) of 65%. Bullet was Nosler Custom Comp 140gr BTHP's pushed by 760 powder in new Nosler cases and BR-2 primers. Length to ogive was 2.343" (bullet .006" OTL).
42.3 grains - 2714 fps, ES-44, SD-17, 5 shot group: 1.863" (4 rounds into 1.316").
43.0 grains - 2764 fps, ES-23, SD-10, " " " " " " " " " 2.099" (4 into 1.749").
43.3 grains - 2781 fps, ES-17, SD-7, " " " " " " " " " " 2.307" ????
43.6 grains - 2783 fps, ES-18, SD-6, " " " " " " " " " " 1.572" (4 into 1.242"). Some angled vertical stringing.
The somewhat poor performance was most likely because I was freezing my butt off in that wind. We southern boys don't handle the cold well!
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Vietnam Vet, Jun 66 - Dec 67
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