JC Barrels...yay or nay?
- Thread starter Airgunnr
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A well designed reamer and a good chambering job will go farther with a mediocre barrel than a poorly designed reamer and a bad chambering job with the best barrel.
The devil is in the details and there are few people out there who can even recognize the difference.
Worse yet is that when the customer gets his custom rifle home and it shoots 1/2 inch groups, most people are happy with that or take the blame for it as though they just cant shoot any better.
The devil is in the details and there are few people out there who can even recognize the difference.
Worse yet is that when the customer gets his custom rifle home and it shoots 1/2 inch groups, most people are happy with that or take the blame for it as though they just cant shoot any better.
Nice ! I have one JC barrel .264 now ( totally Happy with it ) and I am going to order a 224 cal fir a 22 CM build -RJ
He's made six for me, and I've just ordered two more, one for a 6.5X47L, and a 264 for a Curtis Customs Valor PRS rig.
He's not a factory. He's a craftsman, a machinist, and the same guy on the phone as the one making your barrel. He makes first class bench rest quality barrels, from billet blanks, and could probably charge twice what he does. If you barrel is taking months, he's either in the hospital, or has a stack of savage prefits in the cue for guys who have no idea how lucky they are to be able to plink at 100 meters with one of his barrels.
Place an order for one for next summer now, you might get it in the fall. Can't wait? Go get a prefit from IBI or Area 419 etc.
But eventually, you're going to want one.
He's not a factory. He's a craftsman, a machinist, and the same guy on the phone as the one making your barrel. He makes first class bench rest quality barrels, from billet blanks, and could probably charge twice what he does. If you barrel is taking months, he's either in the hospital, or has a stack of savage prefits in the cue for guys who have no idea how lucky they are to be able to plink at 100 meters with one of his barrels.
Place an order for one for next summer now, you might get it in the fall. Can't wait? Go get a prefit from IBI or Area 419 etc.
But eventually, you're going to want one.
