Quote Originally Posted by Orr89rocz View Post
Weight was somewhat a concern. I honestly wanted something a bit bigger than a factory sporter barrel but less than a predator hunter/hog hunter “light varmint”. So now i have two hog huntersin a sense. I’ll make due lol

i see shilen has a chart based on contour length and you can calc the taper. Mcgowen contours to your specific length. Er shaw doesnt say either way but clearly they do not contour at your requested length lol. Just gotta be careful reading what companies do
Take a look at the "heavy sporter" that Criterion makes... It might be closer to the contour you're looking for. However, I have noticed that anything under the 26" does have a larger profile at the muzzle then what they say it should be... My 25" Varmint barrel was .900 at the muzzle was supposed to be about .825 or so.