I just bought one of these on sale at brownels for 224 shipped hard to passs up. It is a shilen prefit for remington action threaded and crowned. Didn't know if anyone had any experience with these good or bad. I am going to send it to the gunsmith when it comes in and have the action trued and barrel installed I figured they were short chambered but shilen doesnt really say anywhere.
Gunsmithing Shilen Prefit Barrel 308 remington action
- Thread starter bschneiderheinze
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Here's my experience with one of the Shilen short chambered barrels:
http://www.snipershide.com/shooting/snipers-hide-bolt-action-rifles/184576-am-i-expecting-too-much-my-modified-remington-700-a.html
I installed myself, so I would expect your's will be even better. Mine is a solid .5 MOA gun with handloads.
http://www.snipershide.com/shooting/snipers-hide-bolt-action-rifles/184576-am-i-expecting-too-much-my-modified-remington-700-a.html
I installed myself, so I would expect your's will be even better. Mine is a solid .5 MOA gun with handloads.
If your getting 1/2" groups with your installation I quess I should expect 1/4 " groups
The prefits will work fine, just take your time and don't get carried away.
This is key. Towards the end, I was only turning the reamer one revolution at a time before checking headspace. Cleaning the chamber thoroughly prior to checking headspace is also critical as a chip in the wrong place can make you think you've got more to cut when you really don't.
I dont think I will have problem I am having a very competent gunsmith install it and true the action. It seems like it will be alot cheaper than starting with a barrel blank. The barrel itself already chambered and crowned was cheaper than a normal shilen blank and would not think it would take the smith very long to install it so Im probably looking at $250 for truing and installing
