Why no love for Shilen barrels? - Snipers Hide Shilen barrels are shooters for sure! Thre of my shooting partners have Shilens on the rifles and they are the short chambered barrels that you can get from Brownells or midway All three will shoot bugholes just as well as my custom build After seeing them in action over the last three years I would use them
Gunsmithing Shilen barrels - Snipers Hide Forum Shilen barrels hold a few service rifle national records at Camp Perry, including the much coveted 6 man civilian team record established in 2016 by our TX State Association adult team
Criterion or Shilen barrel for 7mm PRC - Snipers Hide I have shot Shilen Select Match and Criterion barrels and they both hammer On the NSS page they say that Criterion will not make a 7mm PRC in a small shank barrel, Shilen doesn’t specifically say but Jim told me years ago that Shilen won’t make small shank barrels for the WSM and SAUM cartridges because they don’t feel that there is enough material to be safe so it may be worth a phone
Why does everyone look down on Shilen Barrels - Shooters Forum I am thinking of using a Select Match Shilen or Krieger for my new build Everyone seems to look at Shilen as a lesser barrel and I've noticed they seem to bring less money when the gun is sold Why is that so? I noticed that the select match Shilen has tighter tolerances than the Krieger (
My shilen barrel!! I am a little shocked!! - Snipers Hide Re: My shilen barrel!! I am a little shocked!! I assumed that this was a select barrel The barrel came from brunos and the lady on the phone said that they only stock the best shilen barrels My barrel is Stainless HV 1250 to 900 Lee
Shilen barrels? - Shooters Forum Shilen chambered a select match for me in 7rsaum some years ago It shot good to 1000 yards I have 2 CBI barrels, they both are definitely shooters I like my CBI's better for no more than personal preference, which doesn't help you much if any at all However seeing how Shilen will throat it the way you want that is a step in the direction you possibly should take Hopefully you'll get some
Douglas or Shilen. . . . Whats the general opinion??? Re: Douglas or Shilen Whats the general opinion??? Cant say much about the Shilen, but all the Douglas bbls I own owned are damn good shooters Unlike MM, I dont do moly, and still fouling has never been a problem
Barrel Rankings | Snipers Hide Forum Shilen rachet 22 Rimfire barrels along with Mueller and Benchmark represent the 3 top Rimfire competitors in today's Benchrest They also make excellent center-fire barrels and are atop name in the industry They do make 2nd rate barrels and I will put them on my 2nd tier list Brux 1st tier Making excellent cut rifled barrels and deserve
Shilen rachet vs standard? - Shooters Forum Shilen makes great barrels If you get a great one regardless of the lands and groove configuration, it will be a winner through the years, I have seen about every land and groove configuration imaginable come, and go In my opinion, with all things being equal, it is still hard to beat a regular 4 land and groove