RRA vs WOA barrel for service rifle

[OMT223]

Looking to rebarrel my service rifle and am hoping to stay around 2-300$ so I am looking at RRA, WOA, and Bison Armory. I have had RRA barrels in the past that I thought were just fine; I have never used Bison but they seem to have an ok reputation. I know wilson used to make RRA barrels but am not sure if that is true now.

Main reason I havent just ordered WOA is the backorder, so it is really RRA vs Bison.

 

[ToddKS]

I have a WOA and it is not terrible, I have a Lilja that is better. If you can find some additional funds I would recommend considering looking at the Lilja.

 

[323]

I will take a bison over a WOA and I have both. Everyone I had has lived up the 3/4 moa claim. I went with a WOA last year because bison was out of barrels. The WOA is ok not oh my good this thing is hammer.

 

[OMT223]

Bison ordered.

 

[padom]

What WOA are we talking. I've owned 20+ WOA/WOP and all the others.

White Oak Precision Krieger, Bartlein, Shilen are absolute tack drivers. Not the same as WOA house barrels... the WOA Geissele hammer too.

Just saying WOA is a shop name, what specific White Oak barrel is the real question you should be asking.

 

[rdb8847]

My 24 inch RRA HEAVY shoots very well. I would buy another in a heartbeat

 

[323]

What WOA are we talking. I've owned 20+ WOA/WOP and all the others.

White Oak Precision Krieger, Bartlein, Shilen are absolute tack drivers. Not the same as WOA house barrels... the WOA Geissele hammer too.

Just saying WOA is a shop name, what specific White Oak barrel is the real question you should be asking.

He’s asking about their Service Rifle barrels. He also said he want to keep the price $300 or less. WOA’s krieger, bartlien and shilen service rifle barrels are between $450-650.

 

[Rickhem]

He’s asking about their Service Rifle barrels. He also said he want to keep the price $300 or less. WOA’s krieger, bartlien and shilen service rifle barrels are between $450-650.

Good point, and a fair observation. And at that price, he's doing his own work as well, so that's also another factor when we talk about how the upper will shoot.

I've had uppers purchased and/or rebarreled from WOA with their house brand barrels. They've used both Douglas and Wilson through the years, and every one would shoot well enough to easily clean the target at every distance (not that I did that with them very often). Most of the shooting was done with pretty standardized loads, and I did not specifically craft a load for each barrel, I just shot the same loads I had loaded for whatever upper I used.

Service Rifle is more about the shooter and their ability to adapt to conditions, so from my view, pick a barrel that you can get at the price you want, within the timeframe you want, and go shoot. Yes, it's nice to know you have a benchrest quality barrel, but that's a very small contributor to overall performance in High Power.

 

[Alex Wheeler]

I had a woa with a wilson barrel. With a scope mounted it was close to a 1/2 moa barrel. Good enough for what its purpose was. I shot good scores prone but never could shoot off hand well.

 

[Oyster]

The Wilson barrels that WOA sells are great for the $$ and will win the P100/NTI. Buy with confidence.
Usually get around 2-3k rounds on the Wilson compared to close to 5K on a Krieger.

 

[Jeff Porter]

I had a woa with a wilson barrel. With a scope mounted it was close to a 1/2 moa barrel. Good enough for what its purpose was. I shot good scores prone but never could shoot off hand well.

Alex- you aren’t the only one to struggle on your feet in that game.