juanvaldez
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Sudbury, Ontario
Paperwork's in , now taking orders!!
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Krieger Barrel Dealer
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ultimate_monkey
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- victoria BC
interested .. yes
ordering time line.. not for atleast a year , to many other things on the go
ordering time line.. not for atleast a year , to many other things on the go
AS good as Krieger barrels are, it doesn't bode well for how they treat some of their dealers. The Krieger barrels I have purchased are excellent but I was not particularly impressed with their deliveries to this part of the country. Prices were fair but 16 weeks for them to ship a common spec 30 cal barrel left me bewildered.
I'm working in the ammunition manufacturing industry, we use a lot of Krieger barrels (krieger and HS precision can manufacture Accuracy and EPVAT bbls to NATO spec) and we still have to wait 16 weeks just as any other custommer. Krieger doesn't rush any barrel job and that's why every barrel we get is the exact same expected quality.
redshooter
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Central Ontario
I'd be willing to consider buying one. That said my next barrel purchase is at least 1 1/2 years from now.
Krieger makes the best barrel money can buy. I not only believe it, their competive track record in Canada speaks for itself. The have won more F-Class matches in Western Canada than any other by a huge margin. They are the barrel used on the PGW rifles, and have more long range and BR titles than any other barrel. They do make a superlaitive product. Their steel is better than any other barrel made, and speak to the guys that install them to see what they think.
One of Canada's most repsected precision gunsmiths has gotten to the point of not accepting the very popular US button rifled barrels that have recently gained commercial success here because of the inferior tolerances and run-out. I have seen this for myself in the lathe. The problem simply does not exist with Krieger. of the literally thousands of barrels we have sold, I have had one chromoly steel barrel returned for a defect, and one 338 barrel returned for an unseen inclusion in the steel. That represents a defect rate of less than 0.2%, whereas the common belief with most barrel makes, a couple of bad barrels out of a hundred is a good track record
As There are many problems with them from a customer service point of view...
16 weeks???? I WISH I could get barrels in 16 weeks. We have had an alarming percentage of barrels 40-50% take more than 6 months, and many up to a year. They also stockpile their barrel on their loading dock, and i have had completed barrels wait for months in shipping.
I am getting out of the line because we have seemed to make more enemies than friends over delivery times and the very fact that they are giving cheap rates to buy licenses (I pay considerably more than $400!) and encourage end users to try other dealers in the belief that they will get better service is one way to keep orders coming. It is the dealewrs that take it on the chin from all the customers that get frutrated, and angry. Bartlein and Border are the clostest barrels to a Krieger in terms of excellence and consistency.
I only hope a dealer from Alberta will step up to the plate so that customers from HST provinces don't have to get screwed by that bloody tax.
Ian
One of Canada's most repsected precision gunsmiths has gotten to the point of not accepting the very popular US button rifled barrels that have recently gained commercial success here because of the inferior tolerances and run-out. I have seen this for myself in the lathe. The problem simply does not exist with Krieger. of the literally thousands of barrels we have sold, I have had one chromoly steel barrel returned for a defect, and one 338 barrel returned for an unseen inclusion in the steel. That represents a defect rate of less than 0.2%, whereas the common belief with most barrel makes, a couple of bad barrels out of a hundred is a good track record
As There are many problems with them from a customer service point of view...
16 weeks???? I WISH I could get barrels in 16 weeks. We have had an alarming percentage of barrels 40-50% take more than 6 months, and many up to a year. They also stockpile their barrel on their loading dock, and i have had completed barrels wait for months in shipping.
I am getting out of the line because we have seemed to make more enemies than friends over delivery times and the very fact that they are giving cheap rates to buy licenses (I pay considerably more than $400!) and encourage end users to try other dealers in the belief that they will get better service is one way to keep orders coming. It is the dealewrs that take it on the chin from all the customers that get frutrated, and angry. Bartlein and Border are the clostest barrels to a Krieger in terms of excellence and consistency.
I only hope a dealer from Alberta will step up to the plate so that customers from HST provinces don't have to get screwed by that bloody tax.
Ian
Shipping INTO a Province with HST..the customers still has to pay the HST.
juanvaldez
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Sudbury, Ontario
The tax paid goes by the province the buyer lives in.
Good to know !
Verry nice to know this,
I had a Krieger barrel put on a 300Wsm Sako, to replace the crappy barrell that came with it. Got absolute performance from this carbine from the exact next day I had the barel on. Will buy other Krieger for shure in the future and your shop is close to me, so you will be contacted next time im in for one.
thank's !
Verry nice to know this,
I had a Krieger barrel put on a 300Wsm Sako, to replace the crappy barrell that came with it. Got absolute performance from this carbine from the exact next day I had the barel on. Will buy other Krieger for shure in the future and your shop is close to me, so you will be contacted next time im in for one.
thank's !
- Location
- Western Canada
I be looking at getting a .338 barrel in a bit
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juanvaldez
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Sudbury, Ontario
Seems like there is enough interest...I'll fire in an import cert application tonite. Will finalize with krieger Monday then start taking orders.
Mystic Precision
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Summerland, BC
I'll chime in since "button rifled" barrels have had some dirt thrown on them again.
having had the pleasure of shooting a wide range of product from barrels makers from Can and the US, you quickly find that top brand barrels got that way because they shoot well.
I am happy to see shooters who are passionate enough about the products they use to use "BEST" to describe their performance. But there are so many other winning combos that best is a moving target.
Matches been won and records have been set by both rifling styles and a variety of barrel makers (not to mention all the other components used) so I am always leery to put BEST on anything.
Competitive, yes and an accurate description of the many products used by accuracy minded shooters today.
All barrel makers have made hummers and duds so no brand is infallible. I prefer not to get into a mud slinging debate about the duds of any brand. They happen and it is the support to correct the issue that is most important to me. Top brands typically offer support to back up their brand - that makes them winners already.
If there was only one winning brand, all the others would quickly cease to exist or up their game to be "competitive".
There seems to be no shortage of quality companies and they all seem to be very busy satisfying their customers.
I will be investigating supplying Krieger barrels too as a western Can dealer is not a bad thing.
I have used this brand and it has worked very well for me. But so have so many other brands.
Shooters have preferences and being able to meet those needs is good for us all.
Jerry
having had the pleasure of shooting a wide range of product from barrels makers from Can and the US, you quickly find that top brand barrels got that way because they shoot well.
I am happy to see shooters who are passionate enough about the products they use to use "BEST" to describe their performance. But there are so many other winning combos that best is a moving target.
Matches been won and records have been set by both rifling styles and a variety of barrel makers (not to mention all the other components used) so I am always leery to put BEST on anything.
Competitive, yes and an accurate description of the many products used by accuracy minded shooters today.
All barrel makers have made hummers and duds so no brand is infallible. I prefer not to get into a mud slinging debate about the duds of any brand. They happen and it is the support to correct the issue that is most important to me. Top brands typically offer support to back up their brand - that makes them winners already.
If there was only one winning brand, all the others would quickly cease to exist or up their game to be "competitive".
There seems to be no shortage of quality companies and they all seem to be very busy satisfying their customers.
I will be investigating supplying Krieger barrels too as a western Can dealer is not a bad thing.
I have used this brand and it has worked very well for me. But so have so many other brands.
Shooters have preferences and being able to meet those needs is good for us all.
Jerry
