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Posted: 12/25/2015 10:35:49 PM EDT
Wondering what people's experiences have been with the new(ish) Stealth barrels that LaRue makes in house versus the barrels that (I think) they used to buy from Lothar Walther a few years back. Equal accuracy, more accuracy? Any notable differences?
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I owned an 18" Stealth with a LW barrel. It was very accurate. My 18" Stealth with a LaRue barrel is more accurate. Sample size of 1 but it's all I got...
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Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
I owned an 18" Stealth with a LW barrel. It was very accurate. My 18" Stealth with a LaRue barrel is more accurate. Sample size of 1 but it's all I got... View Quote Thanks for the reply. Do you know what the rifling type is on the new in-house barrels? (cut, hammer-forged...also, it is polygonal)? Thanks again. |
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I've owned the LW LT barrels in 16" and 18". The 16" was an old bead blasted, the 18" in the black finish.
In the new in house LT barrels, I own/owned 12" Stealth, 16" Stealth (Tobr), 20" Stealth, 16" Tar. With that said, I believe the in house barrels are superior. Both were capable of extremely great accuracy (Half MOA or better at 100 yards). If you check out the MOA all day, you can see what I've done with both styles. The finish is very close on each, and so far in my experience, I think the in house are capable of a higher round count before you see any degradation or change in accuracy. So I expect them to have a little better life-span. The barrels LaRue is putting out now are every bit as good, and in my opinion, better, than the old LWs. They represent some of the best accuracy, and heck, even value on the market in the AR barrel arena. |
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When you say higher round count. How many rounds before I start to see a degradation? I was planning on taking two LaRue equipped rifles for a prairie dog hunting trip. But I don't want to burn them out firing varmint rounds in a week.
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Originally Posted By oxbcat:
When you say higher round count. How many rounds before I start to see a degradation? I was planning on taking two LaRue equipped rifles for a prairie dog hunting trip. But I don't want to burn them out firing varmint rounds in a week. View Quote There's no way you'll burn out *any* 5.56mm barrel in a week. Even the cheapest P.O.S. you can find on the interwebs...no way in only a week do you shoot it out. |
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I believe the old guarantee was 10k rounds but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong
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Originally Posted By oxbcat:
When you say higher round count. How many rounds before I start to see a degradation? I was planning on taking two LaRue equipped rifles for a prairie dog hunting trip. But I don't want to burn them out firing varmint rounds in a week. View Quote If you fire enough to burn a barrel out in a week, I'm gonna guess accuracy went due to fatigue. |
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Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
If you fire enough to burn a barrel out in a week, I'm gonna guess accuracy went due to fatigue. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By oxbcat:
When you say higher round count. How many rounds before I start to see a degradation? I was planning on taking two LaRue equipped rifles for a prairie dog hunting trip. But I don't want to burn them out firing varmint rounds in a week. If you fire enough to burn a barrel out in a week, I'm gonna guess accuracy went due to fatigue. Pretty much. |
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Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
That was the old guarantee, back before we started making daily volumes of barrels that shoot nasty, ragged holes. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By bwall85:
I believe the old guarantee was 10k rounds but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong That was the old guarantee, back before we started making daily volumes of barrels that shoot nasty, ragged holes. I can't even begin to imagine what the learning curve was like on the barrel forging machine. That's not the type of unit where you're up and running a few hours after the unit gets rigged into place and wired up. That's a whole new art y'all had to master there. |
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Originally Posted By Sig_Prude:
I can't even begin to imagine what the learning curve was like on the barrel forging machine. That's not the type of unit where you're up and running a few hours after the unit gets rigged into place and wired up. That's a whole new art y'all had to master there. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Sig_Prude:
Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By bwall85:
I believe the old guarantee was 10k rounds but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong That was the old guarantee, back before we started making daily volumes of barrels that shoot nasty, ragged holes. I can't even begin to imagine what the learning curve was like on the barrel forging machine. That's not the type of unit where you're up and running a few hours after the unit gets rigged into place and wired up. That's a whole new art y'all had to master there. Yep, trigger making was a snap compared to barrel making. |
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Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Yep, trigger making was a snap compared to barrel making. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By Sig_Prude:
Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By bwall85:
I believe the old guarantee was 10k rounds but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong That was the old guarantee, back before we started making daily volumes of barrels that shoot nasty, ragged holes. I can't even begin to imagine what the learning curve was like on the barrel forging machine. That's not the type of unit where you're up and running a few hours after the unit gets rigged into place and wired up. That's a whole new art y'all had to master there. Yep, trigger making was a snap compared to barrel making. That's why two weeks LaRue time=two years normal people time |
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Originally Posted By oxbcat:
When you say higher round count. How many rounds before I start to see a degradation? I was planning on taking two LaRue equipped rifles for a prairie dog hunting trip. But I don't want to burn them out firing varmint rounds in a week. View Quote The others have already answered, but I'd say thousands additional beyond the 10K estimate which was on the LW barrels. Unless LaRue directly has done testing, I don't think there are any private parties who have completed any high round testing on their barrels. My 16" LW LT barrel is MANY years old and has thousands upon thousands of rounds. It's still capable of some great groups, but nothing like a brand new barrel. I'd venture to say that it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. Have some rifles devoted to those needs and other for use elsewhere. |
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Originally Posted By Mike_P:
it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. View Quote Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. |
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Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
Originally Posted By Mike_P:
it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. |
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Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
Originally Posted By Mike_P:
it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. This doesn't surprise me, but it still warrants a and a . |
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Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
Originally Posted By Mike_P:
it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. Can't wait till these are released! Great to hear they are performing so well. |
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Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
Originally Posted By Mike_P:
it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. So what's the hold up........you still looking for better accuarcy. . Just got my bonus,I'm ready to order Pete |
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Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
Originally Posted By Mike_P:
it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. Maybe by the time I pay for our trip to Disnayland and my wife's "repairs" you will have the 260's in production. That would put a bigger smile on my face than the wife's new toys... |
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Originally Posted By icecold1:
So what's the hold up........you still looking for better accuarcy. . Just got my bonus,I'm ready to order Pete View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By icecold1:
Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
Originally Posted By Mike_P:
it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. So what's the hold up........you still looking for better accuarcy. . Just got my bonus,I'm ready to order Pete Waiting on some ammo to get made in volume. |
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Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Waiting on some ammo to get made in volume. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By icecold1:
Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
Originally Posted By Mike_P:
it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. So what's the hold up........you still looking for better accuarcy. . Just got my bonus,I'm ready to order Pete Waiting on some ammo to get made in volume. I've got a bunch of factory ammo and reloading components/powder at the ready. |
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Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
Originally Posted By Mike_P:
it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. I have $800 tucked away for a 20" barrel for my tOBR. I hope it comes sometime soon as with all your sales the pot gets smaller and smaller. |
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.260? Man. I'd like to do that. Why not a 6.5 CM?
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Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
Originally Posted By Mike_P:
it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. Less than 3 weeks ago I inquired to LT about a 260 or 6.5cm being in the works but was told that that there was no information available regarding future calibers. Glad to see that they may be available in the future. |
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Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
Originally Posted By Mike_P:
it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. Damn!!!! |
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Originally Posted By SuperJlarge:
Less than 3 weeks ago I inquired to LT about a 260 or 6.5cm being in the works but was told that that there was no information available regarding future calibers. Glad to see that they may be available in the future. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SuperJlarge:
Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
Originally Posted By Mike_P:
it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. Less than 3 weeks ago I inquired to LT about a 260 or 6.5cm being in the works but was told that that there was no information available regarding future calibers. Glad to see that they may be available in the future. I hope we see some longer tubes. I'd have no interest in anything short. I think most guys shooting 6.5mm would want a long barrel. Look at the RPR. The 6.5 is the most sought after, and it has a 26" barrel. And Rainiers Ultra Match is a 26". If LT could give us a 26" for under the $490 (and 5 lbs), it would be pretty attractive. It sounds close. I imagine it will be after Shot that we see anything. |
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Originally Posted By CLICKBANGBANG:
I hope we see some longer tubes. I'd have no interest in anything short. I think most guys shooting 6.5mm would want a long barrel. Look at the RPR. The 6.5 is the most sought after, and it has a 26" barrel. And Rainiers Ultra Match is a 26". If LT could give us a 26" for under the $490 (and 5 lbs), it would be pretty attractive. It sounds close. I imagine it will be after Shot that we see anything. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By CLICKBANGBANG:
Originally Posted By SuperJlarge:
Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:
Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
Originally Posted By Mike_P:
it's almost at the end of life for my personal needs, but not for others. It would still be extremely valuable to other parties. But then again I'm a precision/accuracy chaser. Exactly. When my last upper went from a consistent .5-.75" to .75-1" it went to a new owner. It was still way more accurate than any he had owned previously. It was still very accurate and had a lot of years left in it. I just like my uppers to be on the sharper edge. The trick for high volume p-dog shoots is to have multiple guns. For < 100 yds I use a 22lr and 22mag. For the 100-300 dogs I have 2 ar's. For the 300+ dogs a 25-06 and now a 260. Equipped as such my barrels rarely get over worked. Sent one of our test 18" 260 Rem tOBRs to a guy, he slapped a Magnetospeed on it, shot one round, punched the numbers the Magneto spit out into his Kestrel, next round hit a clay bird with a 139 Scenar at 880 yards. Less than 3 weeks ago I inquired to LT about a 260 or 6.5cm being in the works but was told that that there was no information available regarding future calibers. Glad to see that they may be available in the future. I hope we see some longer tubes. I'd have no interest in anything short. I think most guys shooting 6.5mm would want a long barrel. Look at the RPR. The 6.5 is the most sought after, and it has a 26" barrel. And Rainiers Ultra Match is a 26". If LT could give us a 26" for under the $490 (and 5 lbs), it would be pretty attractive. It sounds close. I imagine it will be after Shot that we see anything. really you want a 26" barrel for a ar along with another 2" of brake? is this some method of getting closer to the target before you even fire? mark,i assume you have tested velocity of different length barrels,yet you are testing a 18".what are the fps gained of going to a 20" or a 24" pete |
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Sorry to bump this thread up from yestert-year but I'm in the market for a SS 11.5" carbine barrel and was thinking of cutting down a 12" LT Stealth. Are these stainless? I'm building a mini-recce to use out to 450m.
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I got a old bead blasted LW barred stealth on trade here.. I have no idea the round count but it shoots like a lazer with 77gr black hills..
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I have not been able to tell any accuracy difference between my 12" and my 20" @100. Though now I don't have a 600m range to stretch the 12" out so 200yd is my max until I buy some land.
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http://www.amazon.com/Gentle-Propositions-J-S-Economos/dp/0615997635
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R.I.P - SSG David H Gutierrez 25/12/2009 OEF 9-11
R.I.P - SPC Kyle J Wright 13/01/2010 OEF 9-11 R.I.P - PFC Jonathan C Yanney 18/08/2009 OEF 9-11 |
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Originally Posted By CrazyWhiteGuy:
Won't have that till next trip. I have two and only had enough BH 69gr mk to get 100yd zero on both 12" stealth guns. http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k84/phatalligator/IMG_2107_zpspwk1la3i.jpg I can probably run some regular federal 556 through to check MV of that if you want. View Quote |
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So.far I've had a older stealth barrel (won during UHFO). I also have two newer Larue barrels (12" I purchased, 18" I won during the last contest).
The older 16" barrel was capable of incredible accuracy, but was also very temperamental. Very specific when it came to ammo and fouling. Newer 12" is showing similar similar average accuracy. 18" is showing a bit better accuracy. Haven't had a chance to see if they are temperamental as well. Neither of the newer barrels required any load work up when compared to previous loads in the old barrel. So I suspect that if I do some work up, I will be a able to improve each. |
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