Lots of great choices out there, I have had great luck with Benchmark and the Canadian distributer Gary at BigHorn is a great guy to deal with. Others I have had good luck with are Broughton and Shilen. But the availability of Benchmark in Canada now that is my only choice for future needs.
What to Re-Barrel my Rifle with a Benchmark or a Shillen Barrel
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I've had a chance to shoot three IBI's now and the worst shot 0.5 minute. They're kickass and I am sorry to hear the Furtaker has had bad luck with them. I know they have just got their CNC hone setup and a few more machines coming, so quality can only be going up
Additionally, it's nice to support a Canadian company rather than sending all our gun money across the line lol.
I had the opportunity to use one on a .308 build and it was close to 1/2 minute out of the box. Allowing for user error - it is beginning of season - and ammo ( old LEO stuff ) I was very happy. Great to see another Canadian option and one that is very reasonably priced !
I have a couple Shilens and they shoot really good but after getting this JCC barrel (Canadian made) and getting I guess you could say a custom chamber for it. Now I can seat my bullets to get the maximum case capacity out of my rounds, which was one of my requirements for this barrel anyways. With the Shilen it was a set measurement. Something to consider.
Something to consider.Mystic Precision
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Since moving to their larger facility, Shilen has sped up their turnaround especially on prefits. I keep an assortment of barrel blanks here so lead time may be less they you think.
Custom throating is always an option as we are involved day to day making custom rifles. Sorry, if that wasn't explained. Shilen will make to SAAMI or a supplied reamer.. that is a liability thing. But you have the freedom to customise as a 2nd step.
Nothing is ever "set"....
Jerry
Custom throating is always an option as we are involved day to day making custom rifles. Sorry, if that wasn't explained. Shilen will make to SAAMI or a supplied reamer.. that is a liability thing. But you have the freedom to customise as a 2nd step.
Nothing is ever "set"....
Jerry
