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I had hopped to get the above post deleted, as thatis not happening I will explain my side, I really don't like the newworld of alternative facts.
That does not mean we can't be polite in the discourse.
Apache: They are a sponsor and they deserve our appreciation for that. So if you want to check the record as a business, google it.
Personally my emotional attachment goes to a businessthat communicates, supplies a highquality product, supplies the productwhen they said they would, does notloose orders, does not require 3rdparty to intervenes.
To be clear, my experiencewith Apaches had to do with getting two inches cut off a barrel that was alreadymade in the caliber I wanted.
That took 3 weeks of serious bird dogging it to get it done. If I had been told it would take 3 weeks I would have passed. There are plenty of quality barrels out there in what I wanted I couldhave had sooner and taken a lot less of my time. So yes I resent that.
The barrel was an X Caliber, its nothing special as far as barrelsgo. 5/8 or so accuracy. As I have two rifles (both Savage, all identicalsetups) I shoot pretty consistent sub ½ MOA (300 yard shoot got 7/16) and ¼ MOAwith, so either its picky and I have notfound the magic combo or its just a ho hum barrel.
To be clear, thebarrel was probably a rifled blank thatwas reamed and threaded to Savage Pre Fit. I certainly am not impressed with XC. The finish is the roughest of the 3 I have and it shoots the leastbest. That is not an Apache issue. My guess was it was an abandoned barrel.
I hope that is clear enough.
LW: This discussionwas about the best value barrel. Ithink I have made a persuasive argumentLW is in the Pre Fit. Note bestvalue, not cheap though it’s the bestpre fit pricing I have seen in a quality barrel.
I believe I also have bene clear that mine is not a LWSavage pre fit offering and value wise, not in the mix. That said it was a standard barrel fromLW, no extras (Shilen charges more for ahigher grade and LW has a program that does that.) Where that falls if you want a high quality barrelI make no claims for. I would like to have lower cost, but for what I wanted, it was the way to go for me (and how othersdeal with and feel about it isdifferent)
When someone does supply a product that is the highestquality, communicates, does not require bird dogging, then yes I will endorse them and do so highly.
In my case and I believe all cases, that’s what LW does.
As noted previously, I think their Pre Fits are by most definitions of the best value are the best cost/value/ benefit barrel outthere.
The discussion was not the cheapest barrel out there.
Best quality finish (major help cleaning) I haveseen (does not mean there are not better), best shooting by a firm thatcommunicated each step of the way.
This is also from a harder material that will lastlonger. 2000 rounds would be a $150value by itself (if that were to be true, I don’t know, it’s a guess)
My personal belief is that Capitalism if it works is doneon the basis of supply performance and services as advertised and should be rewarded . Poor performance and service should drop offthe map as they are out competed.
I guess by some peoples standards that’s just an outdatednotion or rhetoric.
I put my money where my talk was.
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