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Bore Brushing–The Great Debate, Expert Symposium
What Makes a Barrel Accurate, by Dan Lilja
Barrel Break-In & Cleaning, from Krieger Barrels
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Custom Barrel-Makers

Bartlein Barrels

Precision single-point, cut-rifled barrels, from .20 to .338 caliber, plus .50 Cal, starting at $245. Wide variety of contours, very exact twist rates.

Benchmark built its reputation with record-setting rimfire barrels, and now they are producing excellent centerfire barrels as well. Contact Ron Sinema or Barry Graber at (360) 652-2594 or email info[at]benchmark-barrels.com. Location: Benchmark Barrels, 1105 Pioneer Highway East, Arlington, WA 98223.

Broughton Barrels

Conventional and canted land (5C) pull-buttoned barrels. Stress-relieved and meticulously hand-lapped, Broughton barrels clean easily and the 5C offers enhanced velocities. Broughton Canted Land Barrels.

Brux Barrels

Brux produces very high-quality cut-rifled barrels. Recent records have been set with Brux 6mm and 6.5mm barrels, and the 7mms have performed well in F-Class applications. Brux is located in Lodi, Wisconsin. Call (608) 592-3324.

Criterion Barrels

Precision button-rifled barrels. Pre-Fits for Savage and Remingtons. Also AR15, AR10, M1A, M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, M1903, and Lee Enfield Barrels. Wide variety of contours, high quality.

Douglas Barrels

Douglas have produced quality button-rifled, air-gauged barrels for over 70 years. Douglas offers a wide variety of contours and barrel lengths, suitable for hunting and all competition disciplines. Douglas offers barrel fitting, and sells pistol barrels.

Hart Barrels

High grade push-button, hand-lapped barrels. Long, effective barrel life. Along with Shilen, Hart barrels have been popular in 100/200yd BR for decades. Great choice for 6mm BR varmint guns too.

Krieger Barrels

Cut-rifled barrels with very long barrel life. Top smiths say Krieger barrels are almost always straight and true. Fewer duds than some other brands. Hard to go wrong with a Krieger.

Lilja Precision Rifle Barrels

Hand-lapped button rifled barrels. Lilja’s 3-groove 6BR barrels are very accurate and clean fast. Lilja’s rim fire barrels are among the very best.

McGowen Precision Barrels

Conventional and Pre-Fit barrels for popular actions. Also AR barrels. Fast delivery on Pre-Fits. McGowen also offers gunsmithing services, to install barrels, sights, scope bases, or sling swivels.

Pac-Nor Barreling

Barrel-maker and chamberer. Conventional barrels plus pre-fit, three-groove, and polygonal rifling.

Schneider Rifle Barrels

1403 Red Baron
Payson, AZ 85541
Phone: (928) 474-2852
Hand-lapped, pull-buttoned barrels with superb accuracy. Conventional and 5-land Polygon (P5) rifling options. Good prices ($254/blank).

Shilen Barrels

Big-name Texas barrel-maker still produces the lion’s share of winning short-range BR barrels. They now offer ratchet (canted land) as well as conventional push-button rifling in 3, 4, 5 and 6 grooves.

Lothar Walther Precision Tools

Buttoned barrels from proprietary super high-grade German steel. Polygonal rifling available in .223 and .30 calibers. Good value on prechambered and threaded barrels. Finished barrels for the M 98, Savage and CZ rifles. 54 standard contours and 1500 other contours are available.

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Barrel Surface Treatments
MMI TruTec offers the patented QPC Salt-Bath Nitriding process for barrels and bolts bodies. This provides a thin (10-20 micron) layer of surface hardening. This produces a very slick, very hard surface that provides reduced friction in the bore. Early tests show Melonite barrel treatment can reduce throat wear and increase useful barrel life.