Looks Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very nice
Looks Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I put another 50 rounds through the rifle. I loaded only 40.7 gr (average grouping of 0.683”) and 41 gr (average grouping of 0.631”). Bullets seated 0.005” off land.
I’m hoping to get better results after some more rounds and playing with the seating depth.
Going forward I’ll stick with the 41 gr load, but I’ll use CCI BR2 instead of CCI 200. I’ll also seat the bullets a little further (0.010-0.015” off land).
Only posting the pic with 41 gr (all are 5 shot groups at 100Y)
Looks like you have a winner!
Smitty
I realize I may be a little late to the game on this one, but I'd be happy to provide some clarification to your earlier questions:
1. Criterion offers both a shiny stainless steel finish or a matte bead blast finish for a few more dollars.
2. Each and every Criterion pre-fit barrel is hand lapped.
3. Our contour information can be found by following this link: http://www.criterionbarrels.com/savagecontours.pdf
Installation is a fairly simple process that should take about 15 minutes. Jim over at NSS is able to walk builders through the process over the phone (we'll likely be putting together a YouTube video shortly on the subject).
Please let me know if I can help answer any questions regarding the Criterion pre-fit barrel line in the future. I'd be more than happy to help out!
-Josh
Nice Build! You will never regret having those tools. I agonized over buying mine just like you did, but now a year later that money is long under the bridge and I'll have the tools forever. I'm already working on a 2nd build, and have a couple more in the early planning stages. I can't wait to build my grandson his first hunting rifle, although he's only 6 months old, so I may be getting a little ahead of myself.
You have a fine shooter there. Enjoy the fine tuning.
This is actually kind of a funny story.
I was convinced that CBI will shoot as good as a Shilen SM and couldn’t justify spending more money on a Shilen.
I ended up calling Jim and ordered a CBI barrel.
Instead, he sends me the Shilen SM barrel. So I call him back and explain the situation. My main concern was that someone has ordered a Shilen and received a CBI. Jim asks me to not mount the barrel while he figures out what’s going on. It appears there was a mistake and because of the hassle, and both way shipping cost I ended up keeping the barrel.
So I ended up with Shilen SM barrel that came with a CBI sticker :)
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