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I have a Faxon Big Gunner barrel in .308 that's so far is producing 3"- 4" groups with 3 different factory loads. My previous shorter, but heavier Wilson Combat gave me <1.5" groups with 4 different factory loads.
Is there such a thing as an accurate, but not too heavy barrel? How light can I go w/o sacrificing accuracy?
This will be used as a hunting and occasional target rig.
Interesting-- my 16" big gunner holds about 1.5moa with most factory loads, and 3/4-1 moa with my handloads
Are you sure it's your barrel that is causing the "inaccuracy"
When I spoke with faxon before buying-- I was looking for "ultralight parts"- but didn't want to sacrifice accuracy---
Their pencil barrel is 1.78 pounds
The big gunner is 1.91 pounds
And the match/heavy fluted is 2.1 pounds
The big gunner is only 2 oz more than the pencil but sounded more "stable" to me.
They told me the pencil profile would heat up/string quicker (at about 3 shots), vs the big gunner at around 5-6 shots-- I wasn't intetested in the hw
They say their pencil profile is fully stress relieved if that means anything to you.
Have you called them and asked them about your issue? Have you checked all your other components to make sure your problem is actually the barrel?
My complete rifle with optic came out at 5.8 lbs and it's plenty accurate for what I use it for.
I've had good luck with ballistic advantage barrels in other calibers
