remington rifles with triangular barrel

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What is some of your opinions on the Remington VTR or XHR rifles with the triangular barrels?? What are some of your pros and cons??
 
That's an interesting question. My "engineer's gut instinct" tells me that a barrel with a triangular cross-section might be more resistant to "whipping" or harmonic vibration, but that might just be a theoretical advantage - you'd have to test it to know for sure.

Triangular barrel blanks are probably harder/more complex to manufacture, but that's not so much of a concern for the end user.
 
Yep. Marketing gimmick.

A triangle barrel will have thin metal on the flats and thick metal at the points, which would lead to differing expansion and contraction rates. Not good for consistency.

The ports will raise decibal levels to the shooter.

I love Remington, but this is just a ploy to get people to buy something that looks cool.
 
All the reviews I've read said accuracy was so-so and the muzzle brakes were loud and didn't help reduce recoil that much. An interesting idea, but it doesn't seem to have worked out for Remington. Never shot one myself, though.
 
I think they look cool.

Supposedly they, like other heavy barrels increase inherent accuracy. According to Remington, the triangular shape adds to berrel stiffness but saves weight compared to other heavy barreled rifles. Reviews ive found hail them as accurate rifles, but not so much more than the regular barreled rifles.
Pros: accurate. not as heavy as a full on heavy barrel. Looks really cool
Cons: the ported models are SUPER loud. No evidence supporting claims of increased accuracy over regular barrel



If you want a really accurate Remington, order from their custom shop
 
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Friend on mine bought one in .204(I think) and said he did not like it. Was not as accurate as his son's round barrel similar model. I don't have one so can't say what his criteria for testing was but he's got some good shooting rifles to compare to.
 
I had one in 204 Ruger just was not that accurate never would go sub 1/2" which it should. I found it a new home!
 
I have one in 223 and it did not shoot well at first. I called Remington they said send it back and now it shoots great. I am happy with it .They are still being sold so they cant all be bad. I have a sporter Model 11 Savage 204 that I can not get to shoot good consisent. my other Savages shoot great as do my Remingtons. The luck of the draw I guess I am still working with the 204 have not given up yet, i am sure Savage will make it right if it comes down to it.
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I would think it would be similar to barrel fluting.

Probably stiffer than a conventional barrel of the same weight, not as stiff as a heavy barrel with the same diameter.
 
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I shot one in .223 for about a year. At first I loved it, it was accurate—was a 1x10 and would shoot .2 or .3 at least once every outing. Averaged at about .6 with 69gr SMKs.

After a while I got self conscious with it, as the haters made me feel bad about it. Then I started questioning what it was actually intended for with that triangle stock too. Was it a walking around gun? recreational bench gun?... I couldn't decide and stopped shooting it and later, sold it.
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This was a hotly debated topic when the VTR with the triangular barrel was first introduced. We bought one, in .223.

I can tell you this, Remington would not have done it without serious R&D.

Those that purport it's detrimental to barrel harmonics, expansion/contraction coefficients, yada yada... is just B.S. I can find engineers on the other side of every one of those arguments.

I believe it is a marketing gimmick.

I have seen no indication of the triangular barrel affecting accuracy, one way or the other, like Warbird says. But unlike Warbird, I like the look of the triangular barrel.

Absolute tack driver once we got it out of the crappy plastic factory stock, and into a B&C Medalist with a Timney...
 
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I have a VTR in 22-250......it is way to loud but the flat bottom is great for shooting off fence post. LOL.
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It's also good for attaching a spirit bubble to level scope cross-hairs perpendicular over the bore...
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