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McGowen vs. Others
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Wow - that's cringe worthy! Have you contacted McGowen for a replacement? I'm not gonna sleep well tonight...
7.62 Gunner
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Well I'll be shooting the 5th McGowen here shortly, looks great so far and it headspaced perfectly on my BAT Vesper.
What is the contour and length of that barrel? 5/8-24 threads?
Aoudad 101
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Bat and McGowen. Is like putting k
etchup on homemade ice cream. " They simply don't go togeter"
etchup on homemade ice cream. " They simply don't go togeter"
I only have tried one McGowen barrel on my .264 WM thus far, and I am very pleased with it. I know quite a few people like yourself here and on other forums that have very good success with C6; my current build with my first C6 barrel should be near completion. This thread shows that no one barrel fits all, and the manufacturers can never satisfy everybody. Most that responded are happy with theirs.
Agreed! It appears no QA/QC was done.
BillLarson
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Did you shoot it....????
Snowbird
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My experiences with McGowen were both bad and the horrible customer service from Dan was worse. The only way I'd use one of their barrels again would be as a blunt instrument or possibly a blank taken to a competent smith that knew how to use the tools in their shop.
Agreed.
Purchased a McGowen barrel for a project .264WM I was building. Full bull on a Winchester action.
It was returned to me "ready to go". Except it wasnt. The bolt would not close on a factory round. It would close on a empty cartridge.
Called them, they said ship it back and we will fix it. Cost me $117 to send it back to them, another 3 week wait, and finally got it back. They never offered to cover shipping costs or reimburse me for the additional costs after buying a $1,000 barrel.
Gun shoots fine, but the lack of quality control allowed the barrel to leave the shop without even a test fit on an empty cartridge.
There is a thread on RokSlide about McGowen barrels. Mine shoots great, but it went back as it was chambered long and was sent back to me without any repairs. I ended up paying a local smith to make it right. Dan at McGowen doesn't know what customer service is or what the meaning of prefit means when it comes to a barrel.
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Well, to be fair as is said above, my issues have been w their chambering services. As far as the barrel goes I really don't know. Mines not safe to shoot.😂 The one of the many cuckoo things about my experience is my barrel was in better shape the first time I received it as a prefit. Yes it...
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I had 2, both put on by the same smith that swore by them. The work the smith did wasn't great to begin with, one gun I had to fight to get under 1 moa the other gun I had to fight to get it shoot better than cheap a factory rifle. Both barrels were replaced by different gunsmiths. One with a Bartlien and the other is currently getting a complete reconfiguration with a Hart.
My two CarbonSix barrels are great. I wouldn't buy another prefit from McGowen with someone else's money.
My barrel experience has been pretty much Shilen and Douglas, back in the day I had some friends ask me to put on a few Adams & Bennett barrels, which believe it or not shot fine too.
But if you were to ask me which company to buy from today I will say I'd go with Douglas for better customer service by far, not that Shilen is bad, it's just that Douglas is way better hands down imo. (no I don't have any stock in Douglas barrels ;-)) Here's my last Douglas build 4 months ago.
But if you were to ask me which company to buy from today I will say I'd go with Douglas for better customer service by far, not that Shilen is bad, it's just that Douglas is way better hands down imo. (no I don't have any stock in Douglas barrels ;-)) Here's my last Douglas build 4 months ago.
