I have quite a few A&B barrels in the shop, but I only put one on a rifle. It was a .243 barrel blank and I reamed it to .243 Win.
It was a terrible experience. After all those hours truing the action, and then one fouling shot, three touching, and then 2" groups until all the copper was cleaned out of the roughest barrel i have ever worked on.
Looking at other A&B barrels I have, I picked the worst one.
My next project was a 257 RAI with a Walthar Lothar barrel. What a difference. It can shoot six one inch average groups before cleaning.
Doesn't Shaw make the A&B barrels?
Aren't Shaw barrels much more expensive?
Does that mean they are not as good?
I don't know, but if your time is worth anything, get a stress relieved, factory hand lapped barrel like a WL, Lija, Hart, PacNor, Stainless Shileen, etc.
It was a terrible experience. After all those hours truing the action, and then one fouling shot, three touching, and then 2" groups until all the copper was cleaned out of the roughest barrel i have ever worked on.
Looking at other A&B barrels I have, I picked the worst one.
My next project was a 257 RAI with a Walthar Lothar barrel. What a difference. It can shoot six one inch average groups before cleaning.
Doesn't Shaw make the A&B barrels?
Aren't Shaw barrels much more expensive?
Does that mean they are not as good?
I don't know, but if your time is worth anything, get a stress relieved, factory hand lapped barrel like a WL, Lija, Hart, PacNor, Stainless Shileen, etc.
