Shilen .223 barrel amazes

[swadiver]

bought a used Shilen 14 twist .223 barrel from this site a few months ago. barrel had about 350 rds through it. the previous owner said it was a shooter and he sure was right. Savage target action, XLR Industries Element chassis, Weaver T-36, SEB Joy Pod

all these results are 5 shots @ 100yds with 52 Berger Match bullets and either H4895 or LT-32.

 

[swadiver]

pics from above

 

[natdscott]

I don't know about the .224 barrels, but I have a .222 barrel that is perty okay.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Good deal, glad to hear Shilen is staying up with all it’s new competitors.

 

[1911nut]

I built 3 rifles using Savage target actions with Shilen barrels and I saw groups cut in half compared to a 22-250 Savage factory barrel.

A 222 I built with a 26” Heavy Bull Shilen shoots way better than I could have imagined for a homemade gun and my first rifle build. Money well spent if you like small groups.

These are 5 shot groups at 100 yds

 

[Ggmac]

I don't know about the .224 barrels, but I have a .222 barrel that is perty okay.

222 is a .224 barrel

 

[swadiver]

I built 3 rifles using Savage target actions with Shilen barrels and I saw groups cut in half compared to a 22-250 Savage factory barrel.

A 222 I built with a 26” Heavy Bull Shilen shoots way better than I could have imagined for a homemade gun and my first rifle build. Money well spent if you like small groups.

These are 5 shot groups at 100 yds View attachment 1095489 View attachment 1095490

Great shooting! i am going to get a Shilen Savage pre-fit in .222 as well. i am not sure if Shilen chambered my current .223 barrel or if it was done by a smith. is your Shilen a pre-fit from Northland shooting Supply?

 

[1911nut]

Great shooting! i am going to get a Shilen Savage pre-fit in .222 as well. i am not sure if Shilen chambered my current .223 barrel or if it was done by a smith. is your Shilen a pre-fit from Northland shooting Supply?

My 222 barrel was ordered from Shilen, it has a .250” neck and is 26” long, 1:14 twist.

My two 22-250 barrels also were ordered from Shilen. One is a 12” twist , the other is a 8” twist 28” long.

They were all about 2 months from order to delivery.

 

[1911nut]

This is a Savage target action with a 28” - 8” twist Shilen ratchet 22-250 in a Mcree single shot chassis that is a consistent 1/4 minute rifle shooting 80 g Berger VLDs at 3150 FPS. Shilen throated for the 80g Bergers.


I’m constantly amazed that I can screw a rifle like this together and it shoots so well.

 

[swadiver]

My 222 barrel was ordered from Shilen, it has a .250” neck and is 26” long, 1:14 twist.

My two 22-250 barrels also were ordered from Shilen. One is a 12” twist , the other is a 8” twist 28” long.

They were all about 2 months from order to delivery.

thanks. do you have to turn the brass necks for that .250 neck?

 

[natdscott]

222 is a .224 barrel

No, no it's not at all, sir. I was speaking SPECIFICALLY, where you are making assumptions in vernacular...thereby extrapolating my statement to say something about cartridge instead of just bore measurements.

That target is for 50 yard NRA Smallbore, and it was fired with a Ratchet 4 SM just yesterday.

 

[1911nut]

thanks. do you have to turn the brass necks for that .250 neck?

Yes, I do have to turn the necks. The loaded necks are 0.2473” ; fired necks are 0.2495” Lapua brass.

 

[Ggmac]

No, no it's not at all, sir. I was speaking SPECIFICALLY, where you are making assumptions in vernacular...thereby extrapolating my statement to say something about cartridge instead of just bore measurements.

That target is for 50 yard NRA Smallbore, and it was fired with a Ratchet 4 SM just yesterday.

I stand corrected ! Sorry for the general assumption, you know what is said about assuming.
Gary

 

[msinc]

No, no it's not at all, sir. I was speaking SPECIFICALLY, where you are making assumptions in vernacular...thereby extrapolating my statement to say something about cartridge instead of just bore measurements.

That target is for 50 yard NRA Smallbore, and it was fired with a Ratchet 4 SM just yesterday.

Buddy this forum is full of people that do just that!!! However, Ggmac is generally not one of them.

As to the OP and his barrel....best thing I can tell you is DON'T SELL IT!!!

 

[swadiver]

Buddy this forum is full of people that do just that!!! However, Ggmac is generally not one of them.

As to the OP and his barrel....best thing I can tell you is DON'T SELL IT!!!

no indeed

 

[Zero333]

Shilen barrels are great. One small gripe with their Savage prefits is short freebore. But that's not the end of the world as any gunsmith can fix that. PT&G also sells a hand throater if you fancy extending the freebore on your own.

Here a few groups from a Shilen 243win 8" twist 26" bull in mdt hs3 chassis, xrs glass shooting 80 gr Berger varmint FB... targets are from COAL testing.

 

[DirtySteve]

I love mine as well. This is 6 shots. I threw one bad..

 

[1911nut]

Shilen barrels are great. One small gripe with their Savage prefits is short freebore. But that's not the end of the world as any gunsmith can fix that. PT&G also sells a hand throater if you fancy extending the freebore on your own.”

Shilen will throat to dummies at no extra cost. I sent them 3 dummies for a 22-250 with 80 g Bergers. I’m able to seat them so the bullet base is above the neck/shoulder and they’re 0.010 - 0.020” off the lands.

 

[6MMsteve]

nice shooting Driver man

 

[stacy]

I built 3 rifles using Savage target actions with Shilen barrels and I saw groups cut in half compared to a 22-250 Savage factory barrel.

A 222 I built with a 26” Heavy Bull Shilen shoots way better than I could have imagined for a homemade gun and my first rifle build. Money well spent if you like small groups.

These are 5 shot groups at 100 yds View attachment 1095489 View attachment 1095490

NOTHING LIKE A VERY ACCURATE 222 YOU GOT TO LOVE IT