Weatherby barrels???

[Hal]

The problem with E.R. Shaw is that they want the same money today that much better barrel makers that actually make and sell match grade barrels want. Problem is they are not match grade barrels. At half the current price I would support anyone building a hunting rifle with an ER Shaw barrel. At the current price you would have to give me one!

E.R. Shaw has no quality control so their products truly represent the bell shaped curve we all know so well. There are better products for equal of less money.

ERS foul badly. When New Ultra Light Arms went to them that is everyone's problem. A cold bore shot is fine but groups are all over the place and they copper foul badly.

Nula uses Douglas barrels .......

Hal

 

[Rustystud]

I have a customer with a Weatherby Mark V in 300 Weatherby. It was purchased in 1996. He came to me saying it was not shooting like it use to. He said it had several thousand rounds through it. I asked him to clean the barrel well and bring it to my shop. I said let me run a patch down the barrel and see how well he had cleaned it. After 64 more patches with a couple of chemical cocktails I had a clean bore. I bore scopes the rifle and found the first 8 " and last 8" almost absent of rifling. I told him the cost if I rebarreled and installed a muzzle brake on his rifle. I suggested he contact weatherby for a price and time line on the same barrel and muzzle brake. The quote was less than my cost of the barrel, muzzle brake and bluing. The time line was 30 days or less. He got the rifle back and I worked up a load with Barnes 175 LRX. The rifle shot sub .5" moa out to 600 yards. I don't know who makes their barrels or who works in their shop. But I would say they did a first class job.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I have a customer with a Weatherby Mark V in 300 Weatherby. It was purchased in 1996. He came to me saying it was not shooting like it use to. He said it had several thousand rounds through it. I asked him to clean the barrel well and bring it to my shop. I said let me run a patch down the barrel and see how well he had cleaned it. After 64 more patches with a couple of chemical cocktails I had a clean bore. I bore scopes the rifle and found the first 8 " and last 8" almost absent of rifling. I told him the cost if I rebarreled and installed a muzzle brake on his rifle. I suggested he contact weatherby for a price and time line on the same barrel and muzzle brake. The quote was less than my cost of the barrel, muzzle brake and bluing. The time line was 30 days or less. He got the rifle back and I worked up a load with Barnes 175 LRX. The rifle shot sub .5" moa out to 600 yards. I don't know who makes their barrels or who works in their shop. But I would say they did a first class job.

Wonder why the last 8” of rifling was gone? I know why the first part was gone

 

[okie]

I have a customer with a Weatherby Mark V in 300 Weatherby. It was purchased in 1996. He came to me saying it was not shooting like it use to. He said it had several thousand rounds through it. I asked him to clean the barrel well and bring it to my shop. I said let me run a patch down the barrel and see how well he had cleaned it. After 64 more patches with a couple of chemical cocktails I had a clean bore. I bore scopes the rifle and found the first 8 " and last 8" almost absent of rifling. I told him the cost if I rebarreled and installed a muzzle brake on his rifle. I suggested he contact weatherby for a price and time line on the same barrel and muzzle brake. The quote was less than my cost of the barrel, muzzle brake and bluing. The time line was 30 days or less. He got the rifle back and I worked up a load with Barnes 175 LRX. The rifle shot sub .5" moa out to 600 yards. I don't know who makes their barrels or who works in their shop. But I would say they did a first class job.

last 8 inches??? maybe cleaned from muzzle end?? never heard of this. what do you think happened to it? marc

 

[davidjoe]

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I had never heard this before about the long life of cold hammered forge barrels. That’s the most interesting thing I’ve read on here in a while.

There’s truth to that. Hammer forging changes the grain structure of steel in a way that increases strength and hardness. There have always been mil spec and racing parts, plus high strength tools, that were contractually required to have been hammer forged. Factory barreled marksman rifles such as FNH SPR and TRG carrying high round labels are forged and chrome lined. Even the old M-1 receiver was forged whereas the current Springfield M1-A is not (and is 1/2 the price of those that are) and in that respect would be considered sub milspec next to its great grandfathers.