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<blockquote data-quote="Gunpoor" data-source="post: 1248860" data-attributes="member: 8358"><p>I am bringing up an old discussion here but have a new E.R. Shaw barrel on an old rifle that I want to tell about. I was wanting to have my late father's old Ruger 77 in 25/06Rem rebarreled to a heavy varminter in 22/250Rem. I checked out some barrel makers such as Hart and Lothar Walther and some others but their time frame was way out there or they don't flute barrels. At the bottom of the list was E.R. Shaw and my smith said he had installed a few of them and hadn't heard any complaints back, so I reluctantly had him order the 26" stainless helical fluted barrel 1/12" twist heavy varminter. The order was slower than what was stated when ordered but wasn't too long of wait. I looked the rifle over after the installation and this gun is well worn and battered but the barrel really looked good to me, but mind you I don't have a bore scope. I mounted my 6-24X50 Burris Blackdiamond scope in Redfield Ruger style rings, which BTW are very hard to center, at least for me. I found this out on it's maiden voyage to the range. Upon shooting it the second try at the range when shooting for groups with 55 grain Sierra flat base SP bullets over H4895 in Win. cases and LRP primers. I was shooting at a 200 yd target frame, which measures 198 yds on the S-I-L's range finder. My start loads were not good and I hoped the groups would improve with higher pressure. The last two loadings were 35.6 grains and 35.7 grains. I let my S-I-L shoot these as I have a bad catarac on my right eye. The 35.6 load didn't show very much promise but then he shot the final 35.7 load. I was watching through a spotting scope and saw the first buller hit low and right, he fired again and I didn't see another hole so I told him to shoot again and I still couldn't find the hole. I had him fire the remaining two rounds at two different targets and on both the bullets hit the same corresponding low and right. Upon retrieving the targets we found that the first target he shot at put the three rounds through one hole too small to measure. I have loaded up some more of these but haven't been back to the range yet to confirm this load. Until this load and barrel are verified I will neither brag nor glorify this barrel, but I am very optimistic. Thanks for bearing with me, Dennis</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gunpoor, post: 1248860, member: 8358"] I am bringing up an old discussion here but have a new E.R. Shaw barrel on an old rifle that I want to tell about. I was wanting to have my late father's old Ruger 77 in 25/06Rem rebarreled to a heavy varminter in 22/250Rem. I checked out some barrel makers such as Hart and Lothar Walther and some others but their time frame was way out there or they don't flute barrels. At the bottom of the list was E.R. Shaw and my smith said he had installed a few of them and hadn't heard any complaints back, so I reluctantly had him order the 26" stainless helical fluted barrel 1/12" twist heavy varminter. The order was slower than what was stated when ordered but wasn't too long of wait. I looked the rifle over after the installation and this gun is well worn and battered but the barrel really looked good to me, but mind you I don't have a bore scope. I mounted my 6-24X50 Burris Blackdiamond scope in Redfield Ruger style rings, which BTW are very hard to center, at least for me. I found this out on it's maiden voyage to the range. Upon shooting it the second try at the range when shooting for groups with 55 grain Sierra flat base SP bullets over H4895 in Win. cases and LRP primers. I was shooting at a 200 yd target frame, which measures 198 yds on the S-I-L's range finder. My start loads were not good and I hoped the groups would improve with higher pressure. The last two loadings were 35.6 grains and 35.7 grains. I let my S-I-L shoot these as I have a bad catarac on my right eye. The 35.6 load didn't show very much promise but then he shot the final 35.7 load. I was watching through a spotting scope and saw the first buller hit low and right, he fired again and I didn't see another hole so I told him to shoot again and I still couldn't find the hole. I had him fire the remaining two rounds at two different targets and on both the bullets hit the same corresponding low and right. Upon retrieving the targets we found that the first target he shot at put the three rounds through one hole too small to measure. I have loaded up some more of these but haven't been back to the range yet to confirm this load. Until this load and barrel are verified I will neither brag nor glorify this barrel, but I am very optimistic. Thanks for bearing with me, Dennis [/QUOTE]
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