New Craddock Precision Remington prefit

[urbanrifleman]

Could you post some pics of the chamber end?

UGH!!! I forgot again!!!

I am getting old.

 

[urbanrifleman]

Could you post some pics of the chamber end?

 

[urbanrifleman]

This thing is ball bearings

 

[ratbuster]

I'm confident they'll sell very well.

At least for the Savage market, I don't think there are any web-based stores that will spin you up a Bart/Krieger pre-fit barrel direct from a web form; from what I've come across, if you want a "premium" blank used today, you'll be buying the blank and taking it to a smith. That's admittedly more work than I want to put into a Savage, but I'll fill out some drop-downs and hit "confirm order" no problem. I'd bet the well constructed web store-front is half the reason the McGowen outlet does so well.

I believe Bugnuts stocks a variety of cut rifled blanks they will chamber and thread as a prefit at a reasonable price

 

[urbanrifleman]

https://craddockprecision.com/bolt-guns/

Website is up.

 

[urbanrifleman]

First shots through the barrel. Started to break in after about thirty or forty rounds. N160 and Berger 108 moly.

 

[memilanuk]

43.0 wasn't too shabby either Lookin' good!

More pre-fits are always fun

 

[mike a]

Going to be about $550 to $600 with a Craddock nut and wrench included.

550 to 600 when I can get a Shilen stainless select match for 370. I know I'm missing something

 

[22BRGUY]

VERY NICE and VERY INTERESTING
Best Wishes

 

[jimmymac]

550 to 600 when I can get a Shilen stainless select match for 370. I know I'm missing something

I know nothing about pre-fits, but at the $550 to $600 price point I'd be expecting extreme precision. That's custom Krieger, Bartlein, Brux barrel and gunsmithing territory. It will be interesting to see how these barrels do. I hope they work good for those that buy them.

 

[urbanrifleman]

550 to 600 when I can get a Shilen stainless select match for 370. I know I'm missing something

A Bartlein blank costs $375, that's before you ever cut on it.

A typical chambering job by any gunsmith that is worth a crap is going to cost between $300 and $600 plus the price of a blank.

So, you can do that math. It's pretty simple.

 

[urbanrifleman]

43.0 wasn't too shabby either Lookin' good!

More pre-fits are always fun

Very cold with a tricky three o'clock gusting. You can see the horizontal.

 

[memilanuk]

A typical chambering job by any gunsmith that is worth a crap is going to cost between $300 and $600 plus the price of a blank.

Pre-fit prices for decent barrels run from the $300-350 range (NSS for Shilen & Criterion button-rifled, Keystone Accuracy for Green Mountain button-rifled) to $499 (Patriot Valley Arms for Rock Creek button-rifled, add $100 for cut-rifled) to Bugholes ($500-600+, only cut-rifled as far as I know). And that's before any options - threading, coating, etc.

AFAIK most of the places cranking out pre-fit barrels are doing CNC chambering. They're making up the cost difference in volume; most applications using pre-fits are going to have a *very* hard time telling the difference between one done on a CNC machine and one done manually by a gunsmith. With the CNC you save some $$$ if what you want is something they offer. With the gunsmith you have more flexibility if you want something specific, whether in terms of features or caliber.

 

[jimmymac]

A Bartlein blank costs $375, that's before you ever cut on it.

A typical chambering job by any gunsmith that is worth a crap is going to cost between $300 and $600 plus the price of a blank.

So, you can do that math. It's pretty simple.

I’m buying barrels cheaper than that and my gunsmithing bill is never as high as your low number with work being done by 2 different smiths who build winners. It also includes a barrel stub. I guess the market varies a lot.

 

[urbanrifleman]

Craddock does every chamber by hand.

 

[memilanuk]

Craddock does every chamber by hand.

Hey, if that's the niche they want to make for themselves in the market, awesome!

 

[Dusty Stevens]

It all comes down to if you want a mass produced wilson or green mountain blank in stock ready to go or if you want the best quality. Usually the best quality and attention to detail is reserved to hand fit barrels so its kinda the wrong market being a hand fit prefit but i wish him luck for sure. We need options. If i wanted a prefit i know id rather have the top quality hand reamed job myself but theres something for every budget

 

[urbanrifleman]

The Word "Prefit" has always been associated with less than optimum quality and the inference has always been that they are "massed produced" and fall well short of "custom" barrels.

The idea that a barrel having a shoulder somehow makes it shoot better. It doesn't. I think as the market changes that fact is going to prove itself.

Good machining is good machining. Setting the head space is really not a factor for the barrel shooting. It's everything else.

 

[jimmymac]

That's a really good looking gun. I like it. What level of precision are you looking for? I'm curious because I'm trying to wrap my head around the whole pre-fit vs custom thing. I'm assuming the pre-fit is attractive due to a faster turn around time than using a gunsmith? I'm looking to educate myself why someone would choose that method over the other. Thanks.

 

[urbanrifleman]

That's a really good looking gun. I like it. What level of precision are you looking for? I'm curious because I'm trying to wrap my head around the whole pre-fit vs custom thing. I'm assuming the pre-fit is attractive due to a faster turn around time than using a gunsmith? I'm looking to educate myself why someone would choose that method over the other. Thanks.

In my case, I didn't have a gunsmith. I also don't want to ship off my rifle and let it sit in a safe at some guys shop for six months.

I have both custom cut shouldered barrels and custom made nut barrels. The nut is not a factor. It's the barrel itself and the guy who chambers it that makes the difference.