Best Tikka prefit steel barrel

[260284]

Right now. I have a couple 18” Preferred 6 cm barrels that came in, 7.5 tw, Hybrid Lite with 5/8 threads. And, some more on order.

I have had good luck with them and now stocking them we have continued having success. Here are the first test shots out of four different 22 creeds. All I did was torque the new barrel onto my test Tikka.

My 20" 7.5 twist hybrid lite is a hammer with 108 ELDM and 87 V-Max handloads so far. Just over 100 rounds on mine. These are 5 shot groups.

 

[260284]

My

3 prefits from preferred have been perfect. 2 prefits from mcgowen and both had to be fixed.

McGowen prefit won't chamber a factory 108 without severe jam. It shoots my 80 and 87gr handloads ok though. Radio silence from them.

 

[bojangles808]

Welp I was wrong about McGowan then sounds like there's still challenges. I just a got a 6cm from them so fingers crossed. Sam was great to deal with. As someone who had to send their PVA back it seems like Preferred seems like the only company not having recent issues

 

[wind gypsy]

Welp I was wrong about McGowan then sounds like there's still challenges. I just a got a 6cm from them so fingers crossed. Sam was great to deal with. Preferred seems like the only company not having issues

I've read of a handful of preferred issues but they certainly seem to have better odds of success than mcgowan. I'd feel even better about them if I was sourcing through LS Wild.

From a LRH thread - looks like basically zero freebore:

 

[bojangles808]

I've read of a handful of preferred issues but they certainly seem to have better odds of success than mcgowan. I'd feel even better about them if I was sourcing through LS Wild.

From a LRH thread - looks like basically zero freebore:

Interesting. that definitely seems like someones best bet if he has the contour/specs you want and he will proof it for you

 

[Lawnboi]

I’m not a gunsmith but I do wonder what happens to a reamer after too much use. I’d think that little clearance in the freebore would be the first to go but I don’t know.

I got a 223 wylde barrel from LRI that’s the same. Zero freebore. Actually shoots amazing so I havnt messed with it but it is mildly irritating when I went to start loading ammo.

Now I bore scope every barrel before I put it on the action.