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338 RUM problems
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<blockquote data-quote="D.Camilleri" data-source="post: 184912" data-attributes="member: 2567"><p>Got another look at the inside of the barrel today after cleaning it very well and lapping it with JB bore cleaner. Still a slight amount of copper in the corner of one land for several inches. Heat checking very evident in the first 5 inches past the throat. Machining marks are still evident in the rest of the barrel. I told my gunsmith that I am very frustrated that this barrel has never performed the way I wanted and that it has copper fouled since day one and nothing I have done has changed that. He told me that if I pick out another barrel, my choice, he will install it for me. I will have to pay for the barrel however.</p><p></p><p>So who makes a consistantly good barrel in .338? I am thinking of Krieger, Mike Rock or Broughton. Any thoughts? This is a hunting gun and I don't think I want the extra weight of a 27 inch barrel this time nor do I want the extra weight of a #5. I am thinking of a #4 stainless finished at 26".</p><p></p><p>Am I on the right track?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D.Camilleri, post: 184912, member: 2567"] Got another look at the inside of the barrel today after cleaning it very well and lapping it with JB bore cleaner. Still a slight amount of copper in the corner of one land for several inches. Heat checking very evident in the first 5 inches past the throat. Machining marks are still evident in the rest of the barrel. I told my gunsmith that I am very frustrated that this barrel has never performed the way I wanted and that it has copper fouled since day one and nothing I have done has changed that. He told me that if I pick out another barrel, my choice, he will install it for me. I will have to pay for the barrel however. So who makes a consistantly good barrel in .338? I am thinking of Krieger, Mike Rock or Broughton. Any thoughts? This is a hunting gun and I don't think I want the extra weight of a 27 inch barrel this time nor do I want the extra weight of a #5. I am thinking of a #4 stainless finished at 26". Am I on the right track? [/QUOTE]
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