Douglas Barrels

[David Conder]

Tim Gardner I us to shoot with him an his wife she is the daughter of GR Dougles

 

[jelenko]

Google says Rodney Chiodo is the current owner.

Here's a write up on Gun Digest. https://gundigest.com/rifles/douglas-barrels

 

[ggshoots]

I bought a UltraRifled #2 .224 blank for a little wildcat I I designed and put in a 722 action. It is more of a gunsmith barrel, had pretty rough finish which was fine for the cost and easy to clean up. I did lap the barrel but it shoots pretty well. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another. Many old customs I use to have had Douglass barrels.

 

[ELR LVR]

I remember waaay back when Douglas was one of the top of the list barrel makers. Used to use a lot of their XX blanks. Then a whole swath of barrel makers charged right on past.

I machined and installed a customer supplied 30 cal blank last weekend for his M40. First Douglas I had done in quite a while - I wasn’t overly impressed. Machined easily enough but the groove depths varied almost 1/2 thou and the bore accepted a .301 bushing easily. Not saying it won’t shoot but that’s the worst blank I’ve encountered in like the last 5 years. We will see how it does for him.

Similar -
I've only had 1 Douglas barrel, it machined "Gummy" soft like
Much more prominent burrs formed at the edge of a faced surface for example
As if the Stainless steel was softer
Not crisp and tough like how a Krieger machines
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but - I will say, the Douglas did shoot well

 

[David Conder]

I looked at the BBB says Tim owns the co. Could be it has a new owner I chamber a 17 barrel it cut just fine with a JGS reamer

 

[ELR LVR]

I looked at the BBB says Tim owns the co. Could be it has a new owner I chamber a 17 barrel it cut just fine with a JGS reamer

They could be different or even improved their barrel steel from the one I had I'm Sure
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Lets us know how the crown cuts
if it leaves a major inside burr in the bore
then you'll know what I mean
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As opposed to cutting nice and sharp, smallest burr possible
The better the steel, the less of a burr that's left

 

[David Conder]

To me crown cut fine also an it shoot good I don’t have enough rounds on it
Moved on with another project lol

 

[jelenko]

I looked at the BBB says Tim owns the co. Could be it has a new owner I chamber a 17 barrel it cut just fine with a JGS reamer

How did you find Douglas Barrels in BBB? I'm not getting any results.