I put together my own target rifles from Savage receivers (mostly I pull the original barrel off and put on a bull as well as a stock.
I am interested in 7.5 Swiss. I had a barrel from Lother Walther that I could never get to shoot (only one I could find that had 7.5 Swiss chambering ). A few times it shot lights out but never consistently.
I was trying to figure out if I would tr to deal with NSS and how to get the reamer to Shilen though Jim or direct and order though NSS (they will do it but kind of murky as to how to go about it)
I came across an outfit called Preferred Barrels who offer a 7.5 Swiss chambering, 5R rifling (kind of shrug on what kind of rifling as long as its done right). I ordered up a 7.5 Swiss Bull and got the threaded end so I could put a Brake on (I don't flinch but I do tense up after a lot of shooting)
First shots out of the box were two 15/16 groups and one 1 1/8. Pretty impressed as it was just random loads left over from the LW barrel.
Today I ran a series of lower to higher in H4350 from just under 2400 fps to 2500 fps and just dropped the COAL .020 off the Lands. Largest group was 1 1/4 and I had 3 under 1/2 inch (100 yards)
With shipping and the threaded end it was $540 as I recall but I am very impressed with how it shoots.
Granted its a sample of one and I maybe got lucky vs unlucky with the LW barrel but happy to order another one from them.
Appearance wise its even nicer than the Shilens I usually get.
I am interested in 7.5 Swiss. I had a barrel from Lother Walther that I could never get to shoot (only one I could find that had 7.5 Swiss chambering ). A few times it shot lights out but never consistently.
I was trying to figure out if I would tr to deal with NSS and how to get the reamer to Shilen though Jim or direct and order though NSS (they will do it but kind of murky as to how to go about it)
I came across an outfit called Preferred Barrels who offer a 7.5 Swiss chambering, 5R rifling (kind of shrug on what kind of rifling as long as its done right). I ordered up a 7.5 Swiss Bull and got the threaded end so I could put a Brake on (I don't flinch but I do tense up after a lot of shooting)
First shots out of the box were two 15/16 groups and one 1 1/8. Pretty impressed as it was just random loads left over from the LW barrel.
Today I ran a series of lower to higher in H4350 from just under 2400 fps to 2500 fps and just dropped the COAL .020 off the Lands. Largest group was 1 1/4 and I had 3 under 1/2 inch (100 yards)
With shipping and the threaded end it was $540 as I recall but I am very impressed with how it shoots.
Granted its a sample of one and I maybe got lucky vs unlucky with the LW barrel but happy to order another one from them.
Appearance wise its even nicer than the Shilens I usually get.