Whose barrel is better?

[wvfarrier]

I am about to order another barreled action, which company of these two has the better barrel?

PVA or Straight Jacket?

I currently have 2 PVA barreled actions and both are lasers but have not tried SJA. They offer similar options.

 

[Niles Coyote]

In my opinion it would depend on which has exactly what you want as both produce a product that will outshoot me in my personal experience.

 

[Ronin22]

Why deviate from PVA? I guess I am getting old and care less for surprises and experiments and stick the proven. Use my time & money to shoot.

LITFA!

 

[wvfarrier]

Why deviate from PVA? I guess I am getting old and care less for surprises and experiments and stick the proven. Use my time & money to shoot.

LITFA!

Mostly just curiosity.

 

[Ronin22]

Mostly just curiosity.

I get it. I was in that stage for many years. Now I just want boring reliable and what I find gets me that I stick with.
As said already, both will probably offer an acceptable rig for you.

 

[oldrifleman]

So both will chamber a great barrel, have you picked a barrel manufacturer? PVA will chamber your blank or their own brand. Straight Jacket will chamber any blank you send them. I have not tried a barrel from PVA but everything I hear is great. I have one barrel from Straight Jacket and it is a hammer (CRB blank).

 

[Maurygold]

Mostly just curiosity.

If you’re curious/ bored and want the absolute best gunsmith:

Alex Wheeler
LRI
Altus

 

[6brshooter]

I've had several pva barrels and they've all shot great, osprey blanks and rock creek. Never had a straight jacket barrel, but seems there was a thread a yr or so ago where their threads wrecked a cdg action.

 

[Baron23]

I've had several pva barrels and they've all shot great, osprey blanks and rock creek. Never had a straight jacket barrel, but seems there was a thread a yr or so ago where their threads wrecked a cdg action.

Yeah, I remember that. Well, it was their threads and perhaps a bit of a ham handed owner twisting the shit out of threads that didn't mate properly. And...er, not sure if he used any sort of anti-seize on it.

 

[6brshooter]

Yeah, I remember that. Well, it was their threads and perhaps a bit of a ham handed owner twisting the shit out of threads that didn't mate properly. And...er, not sure if he used any sort of anti-seize on it.

Yep, there was some contributing factors also, that I forgot. I do remember Ted at ARC went above and beyond to make owner whole, ill remember that when I action shop!

 

[TSULLI]

If you’re curious/ bored and want the absolute best gunsmith:

Alex Wheeler
LRI
Altus

I have been really wanting to try a K&P. Spoke to LRI recently about doing one because they partner with K&P but they don’t do pre-fits. Not even for the super common stuff like 737’s. They also cost more than a PVA pre-fit. I can send one of my 737s to them for the first barrel but I don’t feel like parting with one right now. I have heard nothing but good things though.

 

[Maurygold]

I have been really wanting to try a K&P. Spoke to LRI recently about doing one because they partner with K&P but they don’t do pre-fits. Not even for the super common stuff like 737’s. They also cost more than a PVA pre-fit. I can send one of my 737s to them for the first barrel but I don’t feel like parting with one right now. I have heard nothing but good things though.

They told me they would cut my impact without it in hand. Might want to double check, this was just a few months ago

 

[TSULLI]

They told me they would cut my impact without it in hand. Might want to double check, this was just a few months ago

Ohh really? That’s cool. I spoke to them like 6 weeks ago or so. I will call again to clarify. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[oldrifleman]

Ohh really? That’s cool. I spoke to them like 6 weeks ago or so. I will call again to clarify. Thanks for the heads up!

Don’t call it a Prefit. Just say you need barrel cut for an impact 737r.

 

[DeathBeforeDismount]

You couldn't give me a barrel from either but not everyone has standards. Too many horror stories from both but if you put a gun to my head SJA.

 

[oldrifleman]

You couldn't give me a barrel from either but not everyone has standards. Too many horror stories from both but if you put a gun to my head SJA.

I missed the stories and had SJA spin up a CRB for my Zues. It is a solid shooter. That said I have another CRB being spun up by TSC as a backup for it.