xausa wrote:
Douglas has duplicated three Winchester factory barrels for me in the past couple of years. I don't know what the price was because it involved a three way trade with a friend, Gene Barnett, who buys barrels from Douglas by the dozens and turns them into replacement barrels for M1's, M14's and M16's.
I earned my Distinguished Marksman award 25 years ago using a Douglas barrelled M1A installed by Gene.
I also have two Griffin & Howe Model 70's which have duplicate factory barrels produced by Douglas.
I have been shooting Douglas match barrels for almost 50 years now and have never had a complaint as to quality. I use Schneider barrels for my across the course bolt guns, but that's another story.
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I bow to your years, experience and level of skill. I made NRA High Power Expert during 20-25 years of National Match Course shooting. Would have made Master, though I never did what was needed to pull up my "awfulhand" scores, practice, practice, practice, spelled DRY FIRING.
As for the people at Douglas, I got to know Tim Gardner a bit. He seemed to be their shop foreman. He was kind enough to show me through their shop, rifling machines and their air gage room, Sheffield Air Gages, as he described them. He also took the time to offer an explaination of the barrel making process, as they did it. Fascinating stuff.
I'm not familiar with Schneider barrels, having never heard the name previously, but then there are any number of barrel makers, some well known, some not. In any event, as per your experience, I never has a "bad barrel" from Douglas. You might have had more of their product than I did, but as above mentioned, they made a very good barrel. I hope that they are still at it.