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Bartlein Rem Varmint or 3B contour?
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<blockquote data-quote="Garycrow" data-source="post: 1021503" data-attributes="member: 30743"><p>I'd rethink that choice. The #1 mistake guys make with custom rifles is building them too heavy and too long. Gunsmiths love to build heavy barreled rifles, they shoot better with minimal work. For the same reason barrel makers try to talk customers into building with heavy barrels, it's easier to make them shoot and their reputation is enhanced when someone gets on an internet forum and proclaims XXX barrel is the best thing ever. However, gunsmiths and barrel makers don't have to carry these monsters and they get real old real quick when you're hunting with them. I'm not a fan of super lightweights, but there's no way I'd run anything heavier than a Bartlein 2B on any 7mm hunting rifle unless it was a dedicated long range rig that only went from the pickup to the shooting bench. Same thing with the length, unless it's a 7mm STW or bigger case then 24" is as long as I'm going. The tiny velocity gains don't outweigh the extra barrel length. Flutes are gimmicks, they don't save much weight at all. </p><p></p><p>Anything with a light palma contour barrel on it is going to turn into a safe queen real quick.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garycrow, post: 1021503, member: 30743"] I'd rethink that choice. The #1 mistake guys make with custom rifles is building them too heavy and too long. Gunsmiths love to build heavy barreled rifles, they shoot better with minimal work. For the same reason barrel makers try to talk customers into building with heavy barrels, it's easier to make them shoot and their reputation is enhanced when someone gets on an internet forum and proclaims XXX barrel is the best thing ever. However, gunsmiths and barrel makers don't have to carry these monsters and they get real old real quick when you're hunting with them. I'm not a fan of super lightweights, but there's no way I'd run anything heavier than a Bartlein 2B on any 7mm hunting rifle unless it was a dedicated long range rig that only went from the pickup to the shooting bench. Same thing with the length, unless it's a 7mm STW or bigger case then 24" is as long as I'm going. The tiny velocity gains don't outweigh the extra barrel length. Flutes are gimmicks, they don't save much weight at all. Anything with a light palma contour barrel on it is going to turn into a safe queen real quick. [/QUOTE]
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