Bartlein or PVA
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Bartlein is a barrel maker. You can have them do the work though.
PVA is a Smith so you can get other barrels including bartlein...
Either would be fine
PVA is a Smith so you can get other barrels including bartlein...
Either would be fine
PVA has their own blanks as well cut and button.
I think that’s what the OP is asking.
OP, I’d get whatever you can get readily.
All the good cut rifled barrel are GTG and many button barrels are excellent as well.
Weight isn't a concern. It will be used for more of a bench rifle. Bartlein seems the way to go to me. Pricing a PVA out for cut rifled, install on my atction, and brake combo is $843. Bartlein is almost half the price but I may have to pay as much in the end to get it installed properly, so I don't know.
Yup you need to price correctly. Bartlein makes great barrels and also does installation. The blanks are about $350 and then you add the cost of work which is on their site. See link below. PVA price is right about what a barrel and install would cost I have had PVA put a Bartlein barrels on my rifles and also have an action at Bartlein now getting a couple barrels put on. Both are excellent choices. No wrong decision here.
bartleinbarrels.com
Shop Services | Bartlein Barrels
bartleinbarrels.com
Their only contour is TIkka Lite though and I can't select the muzzle threads through where I order.
You’ll pay the same in the end or very close to it.
Prior to going with pre fits, I was buying blanks and sending them to LRI for the fitting.
Using Proof pre fits in comp contour now. They’re almost half the price.
Where are you guys ordering your proof pre-fit barrels from? I've had no luck with optics planet.
Altus.
I’m running the stainless comps.
They come and go quickly. It’s beneficial to be on the alert list.
They have been very fast. I ordered two sako trg prefits on Wednesday and they will be here Tuesday. Less than a week from order to received. Quick. These will make number three and four for me from PVA.
Do a Google search on both companies about customer service problems and spend 15 minutes researching.
1 search will bring up multiple threads that are each many pages long of customers who got the short straw in very recent years.
The other search will come up almost empty.
I know which one I would trust with my business.
1 search will bring up multiple threads that are each many pages long of customers who got the short straw in very recent years.
The other search will come up almost empty.
I know which one I would trust with my business.
The only ones I could find from proof are in the Lite contour.
Patriot Valley Rocks. They use Rock Creek blanks and have a smoking turn around time right now. Mine should be here soon and we will see how it shoots.
It wasn't just issues with the JH rifle, although the stories and excuses are nearly identical.
Use your google foo, been too many threads just on this site alone. Quickest turn around on barrels I’ve experienced was LRI.
Just got my first custom barrel from him during his last sale. He uses Krieger for his cut barrels. Great price, had it in my hand in 3 weeks
Have two rifles from PVA and both are excellent in the precision department. One holers!
Josh, head of PVA, takes on a lot of projects at once - design high end fancy solid bullets, moving his shop, raising family, starting a "Production Rifle" line, etc - so his list of goals is sometimes longer than it should be. He is largely thru all the noise and I think gotten the core smithing business down again now.
Josh, head of PVA, takes on a lot of projects at once - design high end fancy solid bullets, moving his shop, raising family, starting a "Production Rifle" line, etc - so his list of goals is sometimes longer than it should be. He is largely thru all the noise and I think gotten the core smithing business down again now.
After listening to Franks last pod cast with Bartlein barrels, Im sold on their stuff. I thought I wanted to go Proof on my next build but my mind is changed to Bartlein.
Give PVA a call, the most accurate rifle I ever had was one that Josh put on a Gen 1 Big Horn (prior to Zermatt) for my first 6.5CM. The rifle I compared that to was my TacOPs 51.
If you need a brake then his Jet series are looking interesting to me. I've only had a Mad Scientist but for the new build he's making me I'll go with either a Jetblast or the other one - Jet4 I think.
If you need a brake then his Jet series are looking interesting to me. I've only had a Mad Scientist but for the new build he's making me I'll go with either a Jetblast or the other one - Jet4 I think.
I used to think that as well.
It is now apparent PVA owns their past mistakes and is on a better path.
My experience with PVA customer service the past year has been excellent.
Deal with confidence.
As others have alluded to in this thread, many, many people here would disagree; myself included. It's a moot point though, he already placed the order. Now all he can do is just wait and hope he gets a good barrel. But based on my experience, it's definitely not a guarantee.
