Cheap Barrel

[longrange7]

Does anyone know of a good barrel for $200 or less?

 

[edge]

Shilen barrel blanks in Moly are about $165 +- @ Midway.

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[Long Time Long Ranger]

E R Shaw will chamber a barrel in popular calibers for less than $200. They are not finished/polished as pretty as some but I have done quite a few guns with those barrels and they all shoot good. Some are among my better shooters.

 

[msalm]

I've had very good luck buying used target barrels. .224, 6mm, 6.5mm, and .30 cal all come up for sale now and then. If you don't need a full 30", many long range barrels can be cut back at the chamber end and they'll shoot very well at less than half the cost of the new custom...otherwise I just buy new top-grade barrels. Brux barrels is a newer company making cut-rifled barrels, and I believe their prices are closer to $240 than the $300 for most of the other big name cut barrels.

Button barrels are more reasonable, Shilen's are in the $200 range last I looked.

 

[Kevin Cram]

"Does anyone know of a good barrel for $200 or less?"

In my experience with this game you really do get what you pay for. If you want a "good" barrel for $200 or less don't expect peak performance. msalm has the cheapest way of geting a good barrel for less, but you never know, some of the bargain barrels occasionally put out a good one too.

 

[Ernie]

Give McGowen a try.

 

[yotefever]

I've been very happy with my 22-250 barrel from McGowen barrels and have another one ordered.

Mike

 

[msalm]

Oh yeah, and there's McGowan. Under new ownership and from what I understand they have some talented people there. They're getting back into the market and their barrels may be real sleepers at a real decent price.

I meant to try one of theirs but I got tangled up in cut rifled tubes.