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Scott at Live Oak Accuracy cut and crowned the barrel. I have never seen such a beautiful crown. He polished it to a mirror finish! Look at this beautiful crown. I highly recommend his work.

That's awesome. Especially for a semi auto! I might get one of those. Do you have a Benz chamber on these guns?

What's the expected/typical accuracy?

You're right. After talking to him some more, he doesn't seem to have much experience with rimefires. He said his Lilja is slightly larger than this Shilen. He said he will call Shilen and order the right pilot from PTG. I looked at my barrel and noticed some additional marks inside. I bet he...

The local gunsmith just told me that none of his 3 pilots for his 22 indicator rod will fit the barrel because the barrel is slightly tighter than usual. So nothing is going to be done to the barrel until he figures out the correct pilot size he needs to order. I'll pick up the gun tomorrow and...

The original smith says he has slug the barrel and it gets tighter as you approach the muzzle. He doesn’t see any issues cutting the barrel behind the scratch (it’s going to be less than 0.5”). The local smith showed me an 11-deg recessed crown on one of his build and I liked it a lot. I asked...

Can you please elaborate on "it slug out perfect"? Does that mean the barrel gets tighter and tighter from the breech to the muzzle end and you can cut it wherever?

I feel like I’m not as knowledge as I would like to be in this area. So I just purchased The Art of Rimfire Accuracy and spend the last hour going through it. Bill doesn’t seem to see anything wrong with an 11-degree crown. It will be no more or less accurate than a 90-degree crown. I also read...

True...I won't see it after a few rounds...But I'll know it's there! I'm going to have this done by a local smith. Question: Do you think I should the smith to find a tight spot to cut the barrel or it doesn't matter? I was thinking of going with an 11 degree crown. But after doing some...

You're right...I'll always be wondering if it's that scratch causing any future flyers. I'll have it cut and recrowned. Not to mention that I don't like the shape of this muzzle. I'd rather have maybe an 11 degree crown.

Those couple of small scratches are on one land. The q-tip doesn’t catch anywhere. The nicks on the crown are purely cosmetic. The actual start of lands is completely fine.

It's decent hunting rifle. Expect to get 0.75" grouping at 50Y on the average and it has a crisp 2.5 lbs trigger. It's not meant for accuracy work.

Small scratch inside my new Shilen barrel: Do I cut and recrown? I just got this rifle build. It has a Shilen Ratchet barrel. I noticed a small scratch inside the barrel. I use a Tipton carbon rod for 20 cal and have never scratched any of my 22 barrels. So I’m pretty sure it was there when I...

Do you see any issue using a nylon brush instead of a bronze?

Got the rifle. It looks nice. I took it out for the first time today and got some nice groupings with Federal UM. I used just sandbags and a fix 10X scope. I started with a clean barrel and it takes 10-15 shots for the barrel to settle in. Dots are 0.5"

Thanks for your suggestions of using a lighter profile barrel. I’ve made up my mind. I’ll go with the Shilen ratchet .850 straight and a length of 24” I looked at the list of equipment that top competitors are using and Shilen has much more presence than Benchmark. The 0.850 straight seems just...

Tom and center22… Thank you for elaborating on the accuracy guarantee. I misspoke. The guarantee isn’t 0.2”. It’s in the 0.2s Another point to consider is that most people (including myself) that are not from the bench rest community, don’t correctly measure our groups. I shot the below target...

First, I think it makes sense to not exceed the 0.900” contour. On my AIAT the 24” 308 barrel is 0.91” at the muzzle. I can’t imagine going thicker than that on a 22lr walnut varmint stock…..Even on my Anschutz heavy barrel the muzzle is only 0.857” and I find that pretty thick already (that’s...

"Slugs well" are my words. My builder's words were that it slugs perfectly and the blanks are stellar. He's the one who has access to the blanks and has the knowledge to examine them. If all barells slug perfectly, which one would you choose?

Hello everyone, I need to choose a barrel for a custom build 22lr and would like to ask for your opinion. This will be used for target shooting and weight is not an issue. The build will be with a CZ455 action, factory Varmint stock, and a Basix trigger. I need to choose between one of these...