Savage pre fit barrels?

I offer Shilen and McGowen prefits and will eventually be able to offer Kriegers as well (waiting on blanks).

They work very well.

And will be competing at the Western Can F class championship with one.

Jerry
 
Rite on. It's your website that made me take a look. Ive always knew about them but have not owned a savage for a few years.

Pretty surprised on the price. Right in the same area of a blank but now no gunsmith fees.

Do u sell go & no go gauges as well?
 
Tikka6xc said:
Rite on. It's your website that made me take a look. Ive always knew about them but have not owned a savage for a few years.

Pretty surprised on the price. Right in the same area of a blank but now no gunsmith fees.

Do u sell go & no go gauges as well?
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I can offer Forster gauges which cover most of the standard chamberings.

Jerry
 
CanuckWR said:
I bought a Shilen Prefit from jerry. I found it a very simple install, plus after shooting a match grade barrel you will wonder why you never did it before. A factory barrel is not even in the same solar system as a good match barrel.
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Really? So, all the claims of astounding accuracy from factory Savage barrels is nothing but BS?
 
Nothing B.S. About it.
Savage barrels shoot great!

"BUT" the custom route simply contol thier manufacturing tolerances better.
Quality control is better with custom barrels "normally".
 
Mystic Precision said:
Stiring up the pot again are we ;)

Let's say the thousands of happy Savage users can't all be wrong.

A quality match barrel trumps ANY factory barrel

But you knew that already.....d:h:

Enjoy...

Jerry
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Sorry, old habits die hard, right? ;) In any event, the poster made it sound as though the factory barrels weren't up to "snuff". I knew otherwise but couldn't help put the guy on the spot for his comment. His words - not mine. I'd be perfectly happy with a factory barrel as long as it was accurate.

In addition to increased accuracy potential, one of the things I enjoy most about the aftermarket match barrels I have is the ease of cleaning compared to factory tubes.
 
Yep, a few patches and most quality lapped barrels are done.

Factory barrels, well - that is why aisle 4 is full of cleaning stuff :)

Wonder if maybe that is why factory barrels are made so rough? Or was that the other way around.

Jerry
 
2bad4u2 said:
Sorry, old habits die hard, right? ;) In any event, the poster made it sound as though the factory barrels weren't up to "snuff". I knew otherwise but couldn't help put the guy on the spot for his comment. His words - not mine. I'd be perfectly happy with a factory barrel as long as it was accurate.

In addition to increased accuracy potential, one of the things I enjoy most about the aftermarket match barrels I have is the ease of cleaning compared to factory tubes.
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I am converted to aftermarket barrels because they shoot everything better, Not just one load that a person developed for them. You can also have a caliber change if you like, or make a switch barrel gun for multiple purposes. It opens a lot of interesting doors.

I still have some rifles with a factory barrels, I have shot one in particular with great success to 1760yrds, as has Dthunter with the same factory rifle. I will replace it with a prefit when the time comes, nothing like 2 patches to clean, might even change the chambering??? but for the price of a Shilen select match why not?


If you are done being a Troll the OP has asked a legitimate question that I was trying to lend some insight to.
 
^^^ Well, I wasn't trolling as your comment was a bit misleading. Anyone reading it might assume your opinion was that the factory barrels "were not in the same solar system" as you put it. What would be worse? Not in the same galaxy? lol

As for pre-fits, they do the job. Having said that, the floating bolt head of the Savage certainly makes up for any potential misalignment of the bolt due to a poorly cut chamber, correct? Isn't that the apparent benefit toted by guys shooting bone stock Savages?

I personally think a barrel properly chambered and head spaced by a gunsmith is a more precise method of re-barreling a rifle but that's my take on it. More Savage guys shooting pre-fits more than most other brand names, I'd care to speculate. So, they must be adequate to the task.
 
The first match barrel i ever owned was the one on my 6xc and I agree compleat on the night n day differance.

This is why im happy to have gone back to a savage again. Instead of the time and $$ it takes to build a custom rifle ..... just install a new select match barrel. $400 and you have what is the same as a new custom rifle.
 
Well I was out yesterday testing my new out of the box Stevens 200 in .308. Although it was pretty good with a thrown together load its not what I'd call extreamly accurate. I will be ordering a drop in very soon I think. I just can't decide on which manufacturer or if Molly would be a good choice to get. Then there's all the different contours. My head hurts. Lol.
 
2bad4u2 said:
^^^ Well, I wasn't trolling as your comment was a bit misleading. Anyone reading it might assume your opinion was that the factory barrels "were not in the same solar system" as you put it. What would be worse? Not in the same galaxy? lol

As for pre-fits, they do the job. Having said that, the floating bolt head of the Savage certainly makes up for any potential misalignment of the bolt due to a poorly cut chamber, correct? Isn't that the apparent benefit toted by guys shooting bone stock Savages?

I personally think a barrel properly chambered and head spaced by a gunsmith is a more precise method of re-barreling a rifle but that's my take on it. More Savage guys shooting pre-fits more than most other brand names, I'd care to speculate. So, they must be adequate to the task.
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Comparing a factory barrel for all around performance to a select match shilen pre-fit is like having an NHL team play against a Junior B team. Its just not in the same league.

I personally have pulled off a best of 0.5moa out of a factory savage barrel, although not acceptably consistant it was DAMN good for a $800 rifle. It was sub minute all day and at the time I was satisfied. As I personally progressed in skill, both at the reloading bench and behind the rifle, I "outgrew" the capabilities of the factory setup. It wasn't a big deal because I have the abilities and confidence to spin on a new barrel, and so I did. Good ol' Mystic came through in about 3 months over the fall for a paltry sum of about $460 to my front door, Chump change to make that kind of upgrade. The first 20 rounds of break in on the match barrel did 0.5moa with S&B 308 win 147gn FMJ @ 100yrds, and I just about dropped a deuce in my shorts, 3 ragged 5 shot holes and a couple of sighters. The first cleaning took 30 minutes, one shot of wipeout and 4 patches. That was the last really blue patch I have seen from that rifle. I think I am at about 300 rounds since the last cleaning, still shiny and almost no copper that I can tell, still accurate.

The prefit doesn't hold up to my shoulder headspaced 30" 6.5 Mystic that Mystic and Black Art Rifle put together for me. That I will agree with you as it has been my experience so far. The first fire forming loads during load development were 0.2MOA, and it took a whopping 27 shots to build a load. With this pie head pushing it I can hold under 0.4moa to 500 yrds, wind still kicks my butt and I am certain someone with some more skill would be shooting bug holes, but from a cheap donor action to this for about $1800 minus optics is really hard to argue with.

The match barrel and accurately cut chamber of a prefit REALLY shine when a load is built, although factory match ammo (Federal Gold Metal 175gn 308 win in my case) isn't far behind in performance. Good reloading technique will always make a good thing better and are 1/4 of the accuracy equation in my mind. Rifle/Ammo/Optics/Shooter skill all play a HUGE roll in their own way. A match barrel is a moot point for someone who feeds it cheap factory crap, it is cheaper to start reloading for accuracy before spinning on a new barrel for comparable results. My thoughts anyway.



Donor rifle: Savage 11 $450ish (sold origional stock and barrel) Traded with another CGN'er
Prefit Shile Select Match 12 twist 308 win barrel $460ish Mystic Precision
Stock: Choate Custom Tactical $450ish Mystic Precision
Trigger: Rifle Basix $100 give or take. Mystic Precision
Optic: NF 5.5-22x56 NPR2 CGN'er again
I didn't get the rings from Jerry, but I COULD have ;)

I bedded it myself, so saved the money there.

This pic shows the Mark 4 that was on it previously... And was in April.
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