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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1198634" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>How many gunsmiths check the roundness of a barrel prior to installation? How many slug test barrels prior to installation? </p><p></p><p>I now check the twist rate of all of my barrels prior to paying a gunsmith to install them - after a 10-twist Lilja turned out to be a 10.55" twist AFTER I paid to have it installed! But I don't have the equipment or the knowledge to complete those other tests. I buy barrels from manufacturers I think are most apt to manufacture them properly. After that, it's a crap shoot. Because after the barrel leaves the manufacturing plants, they get installed and used as is - almost all of the time. In order to get this extra QA/QC work performed by a gunsmith, it will cost more. My experience is that most gunsmiths never perform this extra QA/QC. It takes time, and not an insignificant quantity of time. They want to remain competitive with their charge rates, and if 99% don't spend the time, then how can the 1% afford to? Some do. It's a business decision.</p><p></p><p>I believe the barrel manufacturers are in the best position to QA/QC test their barrels prior to shipment. But it's the same story there. High end barrels versus the need to compete with the cost of the majority of barrels being sold with lesser manufacturing/testing costs. Some barrel manufacturers charge more for "premium" barrels which have passed some <em>extra-ordinary</em> QA/QC testing. Perhaps this is the way to go? They can probably test their barrels more economically and efficiently than the gunsmiths can, after acquiring some specialized testing equipment. So in this respect, we <em>might</em> (like in might, maybe, possibly - without any absolute assurance) get what we pay for when purchasing a barrel, by paying a little more rather than a little less. An out-of-round barrel should be able to get identified and culled with a straightforward air-gauge test... I would think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1198634, member: 4191"] How many gunsmiths check the roundness of a barrel prior to installation? How many slug test barrels prior to installation? I now check the twist rate of all of my barrels prior to paying a gunsmith to install them - after a 10-twist Lilja turned out to be a 10.55" twist AFTER I paid to have it installed! But I don't have the equipment or the knowledge to complete those other tests. I buy barrels from manufacturers I think are most apt to manufacture them properly. After that, it's a crap shoot. Because after the barrel leaves the manufacturing plants, they get installed and used as is - almost all of the time. In order to get this extra QA/QC work performed by a gunsmith, it will cost more. My experience is that most gunsmiths never perform this extra QA/QC. It takes time, and not an insignificant quantity of time. They want to remain competitive with their charge rates, and if 99% don't spend the time, then how can the 1% afford to? Some do. It's a business decision. I believe the barrel manufacturers are in the best position to QA/QC test their barrels prior to shipment. But it's the same story there. High end barrels versus the need to compete with the cost of the majority of barrels being sold with lesser manufacturing/testing costs. Some barrel manufacturers charge more for "premium" barrels which have passed some [I]extra-ordinary[/I] QA/QC testing. Perhaps this is the way to go? They can probably test their barrels more economically and efficiently than the gunsmiths can, after acquiring some specialized testing equipment. So in this respect, we [I]might[/I] (like in might, maybe, possibly - without any absolute assurance) get what we pay for when purchasing a barrel, by paying a little more rather than a little less. An out-of-round barrel should be able to get identified and culled with a straightforward air-gauge test... I would think. [/QUOTE]
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