International Barrels Inc (ibi) prefits?

[6.5grendel]

Has anyone had any experience with ibi prefit barrels? I just stumbled across them while I was on brownells site. Looks like a base prefit barrel starts at around $450. A decent amount more than a Shilen, Criterion, or xcaliber.

 

[czim]

I have an ibi 308 barrel. It is not a prefit however. I think it does very well (16.5" pushing 190gr sierras at 2450fps) and cleans up as easy as my criterion, shilen and schneider barrels do.

 

[Pvt.Donut]

I have one of their 308 prefits on a Zermatt Origin. Shoots great for my needs. With Lapua ammo it's shot around 0.50 MOA groups @ 100. The other manufacturers prices seem to be cheaper because their base price is for non-threaded muzzles. When you match configurations they're not too far off in price. This barrel was a big cheaper than a Patriot Valley Arms barrel I had for my other rifle and I think it shoots just as good.

 

[Steveb]

My non-prefit standard shouldered IBI barrels shoot extremely well!!

 

[Nightraider]

Just curious why you would support a foreign company over a US company?

 

[6.5grendel]

Nightraider, I didn't even know they were a foreign company until you posted that. Like I said, I hadn't even heard about them until yesterday. I was just curious if they were popular and what the consensus was on them.

 

[Gappmast]

I was one of their vendors and happy to report that they are a good company and good people.