I'll answer Jim's post first. I thought that you just misread what I had written, but when others copied what you said, I had to step in, before that misconception took on a life of it's own.
Now to HiBC, It is a joy speaking with you. I would love to meet you someday at a match, and regardless of which one of us was having a better day, would consider it an honor to simultaneously compete against you from the same firing line.
From my serious "High Power" days, ( I have since shifted to Cowboy Action for my competition enjoyment), I was really only personally aware of Douglas and Shilen barrels. I had heard of Krieger Barrels, but never shot one.I will have to check them out. My liking Douglas barrels, is only because I am very familiar with them.
ACTUALLY, the NEXT thing that I need to do, is to see if Douglas, Shilen, Krieger, et. al. even are willing to make a match grade, heavy barrel in .257.
The reason I chose .257 Roberts, was because I wanted to put my friend's old M95 into fairly routine service in my hands. My FAVORITE caliber would be 220 Swift, but that would greatly exceed the M95 strength limits. I have an 1898 Turkish Mauser that I also received from my dying friend that COULD be set up as a 220 Swift, but I wanted something that was a little less time consuming on my niece.
Brie
Now to HiBC, It is a joy speaking with you. I would love to meet you someday at a match, and regardless of which one of us was having a better day, would consider it an honor to simultaneously compete against you from the same firing line.
From my serious "High Power" days, ( I have since shifted to Cowboy Action for my competition enjoyment), I was really only personally aware of Douglas and Shilen barrels. I had heard of Krieger Barrels, but never shot one.I will have to check them out. My liking Douglas barrels, is only because I am very familiar with them.
ACTUALLY, the NEXT thing that I need to do, is to see if Douglas, Shilen, Krieger, et. al. even are willing to make a match grade, heavy barrel in .257.
The reason I chose .257 Roberts, was because I wanted to put my friend's old M95 into fairly routine service in my hands. My FAVORITE caliber would be 220 Swift, but that would greatly exceed the M95 strength limits. I have an 1898 Turkish Mauser that I also received from my dying friend that COULD be set up as a 220 Swift, but I wanted something that was a little less time consuming on my niece.
Brie