Bartlein Barrels Update
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One of my customer/buddies and retired SS shoots 6CM on his PRS guns. He gets about 2500 on his. He takes care of it... but he uses it also. He's had I think 3 in a row now and all ended around 2500. Prior to the BB material he was pulling them at about 1200-1400 rounds. I think 1400 was a stretch.
Well.... here we go....
The steel tariff's are in place and possibly going up again. I was on the phone again our mill rep yesterday and they will be here for a meeting tomorrow as well.
I don't know where the proposed additional 25% increase is going as of right now but the first 25% is in effect with our next steel shipment we receive later this week or early next.
Price is going up $15 effective today.
Any orders in house.... you still get it at the price on your confirmation regardless of when it ships.
Later, Frank
Bartlein Barrels
The steel tariff's are in place and possibly going up again. I was on the phone again our mill rep yesterday and they will be here for a meeting tomorrow as well.
I don't know where the proposed additional 25% increase is going as of right now but the first 25% is in effect with our next steel shipment we receive later this week or early next.
Price is going up $15 effective today.
Any orders in house.... you still get it at the price on your confirmation regardless of when it ships.
Later, Frank
Bartlein Barrels
One of the tariffs I’m happy to incur! Keep up the good work.
It happens Frank. Freedom isn’t free as they say so having to pay a little more in the short term will be worth it. Keep up the good work.
Thanks!
What I/we hate though... is how fast things like this can change / are changing and not knowing when and how much until it happens.
Doesn't matter if we import the steel or not.... even raw material to make the steel gets imported to some extent depending on what it is... so no matter what prices are going to be affected.
Also think of this... ingredients that go into our coolant for the lathes has iron in it as well... I'll go on a limb and say were going to get hit with that for a increase at some point in time as well. It happen during Covid.... our coolant cost jumped 30% without any heads up... was just told.. "your next order will go up 30%". All due to material costs.
Also material surcharges are not added to the base price of the material and those prices are based on current market day exchange rates. Any of the grades of material like copper for example that go into the mix of the material.... we don't know those prices till the day of shipment/we get the invoice.
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Where in the world are all the Bartlein barrels or even the blanks? Nobody seems to be offering 737R prefits with Bartlein anymore or I just don't know where to look - it's all CRB - which isn't my preference. I am looking for what I would have assumed would be common, MTU, 26" finished length (29" is blank is fine for this), 1/7.5 twist for a 6.5CM. Is this not a thing? Has 6.5CM fallen completely off in priority? I see some 1/8 twist, but I think I'd prefer 7.5 or 7.7 (not sure if Bartlein does anything between 1/7.5 and 1/8)
GAP uses Bart barrels - I might have to order a full build to get what I want?
I'm building a .223 next and don't even want to know barrel availability for that. Bleh.
GAP uses Bart barrels - I might have to order a full build to get what I want?
I'm building a .223 next and don't even want to know barrel availability for that. Bleh.
Theres a variety of heavy target (m40, Max-HV, HP) blanks in 7.5t x 6.5mm bore in their OEM inventory page. Why MTU vs other very close profiles isn't in stock this very minute...if that's the question... I think the answer is, in part, going to be... inventory changes daily/weekly etc...
Good luck either way, I'd maybe give them a call on Monday.
Here you go: M24 29” 6.5 7.5:1 in stock at Bugholes (Southern Precision):
They’ve also got it in Heavy Varmint.
Bartlein 6.5mm 7.5 twist SS M24 29''
www.bugholes.com
They’ve also got it in Heavy Varmint.
Bugholes is always a great place to look for barrels. They're always out of stock on the particular barrels I'm looking for seems like, and their email notification must be broke.
I would try Bugholes first. Call/email as they are getting barrels in all the time. Not sure what is going on with their notifications, but both Greg and Russ are nice to chat with on the phone.
Grizzly industrial also carries a selection of Bartlein Barrels, but the price has jumped substantially on the Bartlein blanks in the last year or so.
www.grizzly.com
Grizzly industrial also carries a selection of Bartlein Barrels, but the price has jumped substantially on the Bartlein blanks in the last year or so.
Rifle Barrels - Grizzly Industrial, Inc.
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Thanks brother...I was ready to post that myself.Here you go: M24 29” 6.5 7.5:1 in stock at Bugholes (Southern Precision):
Bartlein 6.5mm 7.5 twist SS M24 29''
www.bugholes.com
They’ve also got it in Heavy Varmint.
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