Krieger Barrel Dealer

Not on my radar at this time as I am already happily supplied by Shilen and McGowen for button rifled barrels.

The only reason I am looking at Kreiger or other cut rifled barrels is that some shooters prefer this style of rifling. Want to make as many shooters happy as possible.

I have shot several Pac Nor barrels and when they are "on", shot superbly. But some barrels weren't as spectacular.
Jerry
 
rsp1761 said:
For us quality needs to come in quantity which is harder than it sounds...many shops can produce a handful of great barrels..When you need hundreds of them at a time it gets trickier. In our experience only Krieger can do this...
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Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you use Pac-Nor at one point in the past? Is this the reason you no longer use them?
 
The same names come up for barrel manufactures for years. If they made junk, they wouldn't be around long. No different than cars...
 
On the pacnors, I feel it would be a duplication of some already great offerings as well. I am anxious to see how the benchmark bbls being brought in by Gary Eakins at bighorn sales do though.

I've been wanting to add another bbl maker with cut rifling and krieger definately won't let anyone down. I'll try to stock as much as I can to try an shorten wait times. I should have my pricing sorted out within the next couple days so can then start taking orders.

Cheers
 
rsp1761 said:
They are virtually all great barrel makers...the issue lies in being able to delivery quantity and quality at the same time and on time...

I honestly feel that for serious target shooters and gunsmiths there are a great many of amazing choices...a good problem to have.
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Thanks for the clarification. :)
 
Obtunded said:
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
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Your correct that Krieger make fine barrels but to say that button rifles are not in same league your wrong,there are 4 or 5 fellows shooting 223 7 twist with 80 & 90gr Bergers, Best groups at 300y all 5 shot groups smallest Tru-flite .500" Krieger .520" with a 1/7.8 twist, his new 1/7 Krieger won,t shoot near that tight, bought from you late last year, and get get speed the Hart or Tru Flite give, watched a fellow shoot his 1/7 button Hart 2 groups in a row at .600 & .610 at 300y.
Yesterday at the Ontario Provincials two fellows shooting at 600y 15+2 sighters Krieger 308 win 75 with 7 v bulls, 223 Tru Flite 75 and 6 vBulls.
I would say the avantage cut over button is really nothing.There are still many records held in benchrest with button barrels. and Tru flite has had the 5R lands long before Krieger
manitou
 
Mystic Precision said:
That boat is nearing the port so hope to have some great news for all your M1A/M305 shooters in the coming months.

Give M14Doctor a shout and get inline.

Jerry
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Yup ;)
Hoping to hear good news very soon from McGowen on their first endeavor into M1A barrels. Last report was that they were tooling up for machining the chamber timing/feedramps.
I would be so pleased to work with a reliable canadian dealer for krieger M14 barrels as well. Hopefully we will have more choices soon ;)
 
So we agree......every barrel maker makes good barrels and every barrel maker makes poor barrels! The better the manufacturer, the fewer poor barrels he turns out. We could only know the truth if we shot through enough barrels to find out who is who.
 
kungfushurfu said:
there's another barrel maker from Red Deer that will be in full production in the near future.. he's been building barrels for some time and perfecting his barrel making skills.. my shooting bud and I have tried his button rifled 308 barrels and they both shot very accuate... his name is Bob Jury...403-340-8714... reguards
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Thats awesome I do not think it ever hurts to have a few options, you know how it goes its pretty hard to balance, you turn your hobby into your job ,then you do not have a hobby anymore if your product is subpar your buisness will likely fail, if you have a awesome product you become so busy that you can not begin to keep up which in turn pisses off your customers , so I think it can become a fine line. Just my thoughts
 
asa said:
Thats awesome I do not think it ever hurts to have a few options, you know how it goes its pretty hard to balance, you turn your hobby into your job ,then you do not have a hobby anymore if your product is subpar your buisness will likely fail, if you have a awesome product you become so busy that you can not begin to keep up which in turn pisses off your customers , so I think it can become a fine line. Just my thoughts
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So, VERY true. For me, I have to close the shop to go away anywhere. Juggling family time and being a custom rifle smith/stock maker, and finding some ME time, all the while trying to keep the customers happy.... You can not win sometimes no matter how hard you try :D
 
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