My experience is with Lilja and Brux, all 3 rifle are great shooters. Went with the 2 Lilja's because that was what the gunsmith recommended. With the Brux it was a different gunsmith and that is what he liked. You will be using a good reputable smith, then go with what he likes and is comfortable with.
Looking to replace my post 64 Winchester bull barrel rifle.
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Accuracyman
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Bartlein is dominating the short range Benchrest game right now. I use them on everything and have never been disappointed. Krieger and Brux I have used in the past as well and are also good to go. We are blessed to have so many good barrels to choose from.
Pac-Nor Barreling out of Organ, I used a few of their barrels over the year and had very good luck with them. In their 6mm I use the polygonal 1-9" twist, it's an outstanding performer. They did have a fire a while back, but I think they're up and running again. Good luck, Cheers
Well about the only one that comes to mind is Obermeyer Rifled Barrel in Bristol, WI. Back then which was around 1976 I had a post 64 Winchester Model 70 that I used for both hunting and Metallic Silhouette matches. Anyway at around 1000 rounds out the barrel the barrel gave up the ghost. Winchester's answer at the time was that 1000 rounds was several lifetimes of shooting for the average person. I have never claimed to be average. I had Boots Obermeyer make me a 26 inch stainless steel super match grade barrel and had Earl Liebetrau from Black Earth, WI install it into the action of the Model 70 with a 7.62 x 51 chamber. Yes 30-06 down to .308/7.62 which all the experts said I would have feeding issues due to the short round in a long chamber. Never happened, never had an issue with rounds chambering. I glass bedded and floated that barrel in the original Winchester stock and used it for silhouette shooting with a Redfield 3 x 9 Accurange/Accutrack scope for many years. Was it sub MOA? well when standing offhand and shooting at chickens sub MOA does help but being able to hold your position does one better. When benching the rifle it held 0.05 MOA using my homebrew 7.62 mm handloads and Nosler or Sierra 168 gr match bullets. So in response to your question about barrel makers I would highly recommend Obermeyer Rifled Barrels who are still in business in Bristol, WI.
LBEdgin
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Thanks for the great information you shared, I'll check with them about my rifle.
shortgrass
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"Boots" Obermeyer had a stroke in 2018. I don't know if he is back to making barrels, or not.
purpledragon
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Don't over look Criterion BBLS with the treated option....Very good and accurate bbls.......
I don't know if Boots is actually making barrels these days or not, but the company still exists.
Jerry M
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As far as I he closed his shop as he made all the barrels himself.
shortgrass
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I knew him to be a 'one man shop', where only sometimes he had a 'helper'.
I've done a couple of Bartlein's over the years on pre-64 model 70's. Excellent customer service and absolutely no complaints as to the precision.
