Lilja Vs Shilen

[One Shot]

Hi, Could any of you help me out a little ?
I have a Remington 700BDL SA (.308W) That I wish to turn into a long range shooting/ hunting rifle.
I have Choate ultimate sniper stock (I know a lot of people think this is a crapy stock, but it fits me good)
I have just purchased a Nightforce NXS 5,5-22 x 56. And now I want to buy a new barrel.

I'm not sure what to choose Lilja or Shilen. Anybody got 1st or 2nd hand information about theese two ?

 

[jb1000br]

why only those 2?

for buton rifled id take lilja or hart--for cut rifled then kreiger.

You really cant go wrong with either though.

JB

 

[One Shot]

Will either of them give less cleaning than the other ?

 

[Brent]

Never have used a Shilen. The Lilja I have here is sweet. It never did copper foul but just a little, and quit copper fouling at around 40 rounds and 5-7 cleanings as I remember. I haven't cleaned it in 40-60 rounds or something like that since.

I watched a guy break in his Shilin at the range a couple years ago, clean and shoot, clean and shoot each shot. He was putting them on top of each other **** near (under .5 MOA easily) every shot, this was all while shooting 375 H&H ammo to fire form in his 375 Weatherby chamber too!

Michael,
Homer did that rifle there.

 

[BountyHunter]

You are talking Chevy vs Ford here.

You will get a very good barrel from either!!

Cannot go wrong with Hart, Spencer, Lilja, Shilen, Border, Krieger, for LR guns.

BH

 

[*WyoWhisper*]

Hey oneshot..
send it to Chris M. and put on a Mike Rock Barrel you'll squeeze some extra FPS compared to other barrels.. I get 26" barrel perfomance from a 24" barrel....

 

[One Shot]

It will be a lot of papir work sending my rifle to the US. So my plan was buying a barrel and then get a Norwegian gunsmith to install.

 

[*WyoWhisper*]

ya know..I didn't notice you were from Norway.. your right.. tons of paper work..

 

[LDO]

i have shot both and like both alot-as stated u really cant go wrong with either-my-2-dave

 

[Guest]

I had one Shilen tube chambered in 300Wby , it shot great but went away fast!!! Shilen uses 8 lands and grooves and I believe that they use softer steel.
I have a Lilja , Hart , Pac-nor and had a Shilen , all four guns shot just as well as the other , the Pac-nor and Lilja seem to be either a little harder steel or the three groove barrels just last longer cause they show less throat wear.
Personaly all my barrels are going to be Pac-Nors from now on , you just can't beat their price.

 

[4mesh063]

I can't speak for how fast they go away but I have a Shillen that I like a lot so far. I really can't immagine any brand name barrel being a bad investment. I'd place more blame on the owner than on the barrel for it's performance.

 

[JR]

One Shot,

Have you been in contact with Lars Nygard at Vaabenhuset Nygard?

JR

 

[Hall]

Why do you want a barrel made of 416R. While the 17-4 steel is the most corrosion resistant on the market and have shown3X extension in throat life and top accuracy.
It is probably easier to buy a Lothar Walther barrel in Norway than US made and for long term you will probably get a barrel that will give you accuracy for longer period of time!!!

 

[sig man]

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