Bartlien MOD 400, experiences?

[Willow]

I have one in my safe at the moment - 7mm, 8.5 left hand twist, 4 groove finished at 32". It's chambered in 284 Shehane and has done over 2500 rounds and it still shooting lights out. It takes a good 7-8 shots to settle down after being cleaned back to bare metal, but it's probably the most accurate barrel I've had. My gunsmith took a look down the tube recently and aside from the usual wear around the lands, the rest of the barrel looks Mickey Mouse, it's like nothing he has seen previously so I put that down to the steel. I do have another on order.

 

[SGT. Slaughter]

I relagate these barrels to cartridges that are really hard on throats. I prefer the standard steel for 99% of what we do.

I have a friend that's thinking about having a new barrel chambered up in 7mmSTW and the mod 400 steel sounds like that's his best way to go since he shoots it a bunch.