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X-Caliber Pre-Fit Barrels

Everybody I know, that's using, CRITERION Pre-fit Barrels ( Plus,.. Me ) IS, pretty Happy with, the Quality and Accuracy. They Really GOT, the 6 XC's, Chamber Dimensions / Throat / FreeBore,.. "Correct" !
Feel free to Ask your Specific Questions, W/ Jim at, Northland Shooters. ( He's pretty,. Savy ! )
 
I have a few X-Caliber barrels and like them.
Especially with the 20% off sales.
Wanted a Long Throated barrel for the wife's savage and was told they don't do custom throating.
Went with Shilen and Dummies I send them for 85.5 Bergers for 600yds, long loaded, single shot.
Now have another being spun up, Dummies in the mail for 95 SMK and 90 A-Tips.
28" 7 twist Small Shank Savage bull, Select Match, in 22 Nosler.
 
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I can get the 85.5's up to about 3100fps, but groups are usually bigger than 3000fps.
I think the shotmarker was a little high on velocity on this group.
Garmin average was 3070fps.

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Wife is getting better, with fewer 9's.
She shot this group today, with a 9 and an almost 9
Garmin average was about 3000fps with 85.5's
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Rocketvapor said:
I have a few X-Caliber barrels and like them.
Especially with the 20% off sales.
Wanted a Long Throated barrel for the wife's savage and was told they don't do custom throating.
Went with Shilen and Dummies I send them for 85.5 Bergers for 600yds, long loaded, single shot.
Now have another being spun up, Dummies in the mail for 95 SMK and 90 A-Tips.
28" 7 twist Small Shank Savage bull, Select Match, in 22 Nosler.
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I had a very bad experience with Shilen. Granted Shilen is making it right, but I spent a good sum of money trying to get a 6 Creedmoor to shoot with no luck. Sent it back once to re-lapp it and didn't fix it so second time their cutting me a whole new barrel in a different caliber. 6 Dasher 4 7.5 twist 4 groove ratchet. But I have another rifle i want to rebarrel and I thought about giving X-Caliber a shot.
 
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Po' Man's Precision said:
Looking for anykind of feedback regarding X-Caliber pre-fit barrels. Good, bad, ugly. Anything helps. Thanks and have a good one!
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UGLY

In my many decades of shooting, there have been only two vendors who would not admit fault and make it right.

X-Caliber and NSS.

I won't go into details because I'm old and it's bad for my blood pressure. Ask yourself why they are the only barrel maker who has frequent promotions. Everybody else has a six month backlog.
 
ASbobcat said:
UGLY

In my many decades of shooting, there have been only two vendors who would not admit fault and make it right.

X-Caliber and NSS.

I won't go into details because I'm old and it's bad for my blood pressure. Ask yourself why they are the only barrel maker who has frequent promotions. Everybody else has a six month backlog.
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I understand that. I have had bad experience with Shilen. Granted Shilen made it right but after countless hours and untold amount of time and money later. Still waiting on a new barrel from Shilen. Hope it does better than last.
 
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I have been on this forum quite awhile and I think this is the first time I ever heard of a problem with NSS. James is a square shooter. If you couldn't work out a problem with him you weren't trying hard enough. He doesn't make barrels , he just sells them. A lot of them so he has a big inventory just like Bruno's. And if I had a problem with any of the top vendors I sure the h##L wouldn't air it out here.
 
Old Navy said:
I have been on this forum quite awhile and I think this is the first time I ever heard of a problem with NSS. James is a square shooter. If you couldn't work out a problem with him you weren't trying hard enough. He doesn't make barrels , he just sells them. A lot of them so he has a big inventory just like Bruno's. And if I had a problem with any of the top vendors I sure the h##L wouldn't air it out here.
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James pointed me to Shilen, so I took it up with them.
 
I have a x caliber on a ar15 in 6.5 grendel, got it last year. I have only owned this and one other custom barrel so I don’t have much to compare it to. I am very happy with mine, it shoots great weather I am shooting factory loads or a handload tailored to the gun amd it cleans really easy. It was shipped in about the time that was estimated and was exactly what I ordered.
 
I have one X-caliber in 6mm Rem AI
The Smith who threaded and chambered it said, "that's a nice barrel, who makes it?" when he handed it back to me.
It's a laser.
 
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