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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 405435" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>I recently built a rifle for a customer using a Broughton barrel w/ canted rifling on a Defiance 'Rebel"' short action. The Broughton barrel machined beautifully, a testimony to the quality of the S.S. they use to make those barrels. My customer e-mailed me a photo of a group late last week, an easy 1/2" even though it didn't have 100 rounds thru it yet. He had a match to shoot this past weekend over at Raton, I haven't talked to him yet so don't how he did. He had been shooting a 'trued' Rem. 700 SA w/ Shilen Select Match bbl. that I had built (both rifles chambered in .260 Rem.). The Shilen has a bit of wear in it and will still shoot 1/2 to 3/4". I have the rifle w/ the Shilen in the shop for threading the muzzle. I'm sure I'll get a report on the match, and velocity differences between the two rifles when he comes to pick-up the Rem. He keeps a very accurate round count thru these rifles. As the barrel wears I know I'll get some detailed reports from him. I think the quality of the steel used has alot to do with the accuracy. If it machined nicely when I threaded, chambered, and crowned it, it machined very well for the rifling process. Steel quality makes a difference, IMHO. Not really the info you asked for, canted rifling hasn't been a "gotta' have" in this part of the world so there's not alot of first hand info. Only the claims made.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 405435, member: 24284"] I recently built a rifle for a customer using a Broughton barrel w/ canted rifling on a Defiance 'Rebel"' short action. The Broughton barrel machined beautifully, a testimony to the quality of the S.S. they use to make those barrels. My customer e-mailed me a photo of a group late last week, an easy 1/2" even though it didn't have 100 rounds thru it yet. He had a match to shoot this past weekend over at Raton, I haven't talked to him yet so don't how he did. He had been shooting a 'trued' Rem. 700 SA w/ Shilen Select Match bbl. that I had built (both rifles chambered in .260 Rem.). The Shilen has a bit of wear in it and will still shoot 1/2 to 3/4". I have the rifle w/ the Shilen in the shop for threading the muzzle. I'm sure I'll get a report on the match, and velocity differences between the two rifles when he comes to pick-up the Rem. He keeps a very accurate round count thru these rifles. As the barrel wears I know I'll get some detailed reports from him. I think the quality of the steel used has alot to do with the accuracy. If it machined nicely when I threaded, chambered, and crowned it, it machined very well for the rifling process. Steel quality makes a difference, IMHO. Not really the info you asked for, canted rifling hasn't been a "gotta' have" in this part of the world so there's not alot of first hand info. Only the claims made. [/QUOTE]
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