westcoasthunter
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I’m looking at building a 24” 30 Sherman with a carbon barrel. Does anyone have any experience with bartlein carbon barrels? Also open to other brands
I ordered a Carbon Six Barrel this year and it took about 3 months to get to my door. Easy and fast process. I have not build the rifle yet but quality seems good.dont think you can really go wrong with any of the carbon barrels.
proof, bartlein, christensen, carbon 6, ibi all are great barrels.
trick is gonna be finding one that your not gonna wait over a year for
thats lucky when i called them in march to order one was told 6 months. Also bartlein posted on sniperhide saying they are currently at a full 12 month wait time.I ordered a Carbon Six Barrel this year and it took about 3 months to get to my door. Easy and fast process. I have not build the rifle yet but quality seems good.
Thanks for the heads up. Right now I can get a proof , bartlein , and benchmark, all in the same Sendero ish contour . Is there one you would go with over the other all 24” all 1-9TwistI have one carbon bartlein chambered in 300wm, shoots great. That said, i can only think of one good reason for a carbon barrel - you get a barrel with more meat on the muzzle for bigger muzzle threads than a similar weight steel barrel allows. If you're going to order a barrel from a maker, i'd rather order a steel barrel with a custom contour - pick your desired contour but have them leave more meat on the muzzle end for threads. I can see a number of positives to a steel barrel like this:
- Cheaper
- I would have higher confidence in getting a shooter because there's less opportunity to induce stress in the barrel with the carbon wrapping and you don't have a really thin steel liner.
- Probably stiffer than a similar weight carbon barrel
- Bore heats up slower in strings
- Slower to have barrel heat/mirage issues starting with a cold bore
Despite the above, you can usually find a carbon blank on the shelf somewhere that will work rather than waiting for a custom contour. Bartlein has more steel in their liners than some others so they are heavier but it makes me feel better about them. I'd consider a benchmark carbon too.
Thanks for the heads up. Right now I can get a proof , bartlein , and benchmark, all in the same Sendero ish contour . Is there one you would go with over the other all 24” all 1-9Twist
I just took a look. I ordered it July 25 and made the last 50% payment on October 21. I had head earlier this year they were having trouble with their carbon fiber source.thats lucky when i called them in march to order one was told 6 months. Also bartlein posted on sniperhide saying they are currently at a full 12 month wait time.
I know Bartlein are single point cut but I'm pretty sure Benchmark are button rifled barrels.Go benchmark or bartlein and don’t look back. I like that they are cut rifled. Carbon6 is tempting but I’m hesitant of the button rifling.
Correct on the bartlein. But benchmark you can get either one with their stand ss barrels and their carbons are all cut. Back in the day they were all button but made a change a while back.I know Bartlein are single point cut but I'm pretty sure Benchmark are button rifled barrels.
I had went with the sendero as I was in a rush to buy these blanks (15% off… Black Friday) I ordered the sendero as it had a 1.250x3.00 shank. One of the LW actions I was considering needs that. I no longer plan on that action and figure the weight saving of the sendero lite with the standard 1.200x2.75 shank (which is what most standard senderos are from pretty much every other maker unless you custom order) will be plenty. I don’t think I will notice the visual size difference but maybe the weight. I’m going to reach out to benchmark and confirm weight differences first. To be honest they are a tad heavy. Which I new benchmark and bartlein both are but still want to save where I can. Other then that I’m super happy. There’s some pretty well known smiths that have switched to them. Also like they are NW made. Either way can’t go wrong with benchmark or bartlein. They usually flat shoot. I’ve got a couple standards of each they all shoot lights out.I think I’m have it down between benchmark carbon and bartlein carbon. Was the benchmark sendero a lot bigger then you thought?
Feel free to post the weight difference when you find out.I had went with the sendero as I was in a rush to buy these blanks (15% off… Black Friday) I ordered the sendero as it had a 1.250x3.00 shank. One of the LW actions I was considering needs that. I no longer plan on that action and figure the weight saving of the sendero lite with the standard 1.200x2.75 shank (which is what most standard senderos are from pretty much every other maker unless you custom order) will be plenty. I don’t think I will notice the visual size difference but maybe the weight. I’m going to reach out to benchmark and confirm weight differences first. To be honest they are a tad heavy. Which I new benchmark and bartlein both are but still want to save where I can. Other then that I’m super happy. There’s some pretty well known smiths that have switched to them. Also like they are NW made. Either way can’t go wrong with benchmark or bartlein. They usually flat shoot. I’ve got a couple standards of each they all shoot lights out.
Do you have experience with the 30sm? I’ve got friends running like 4 of them, also a couple 300 prc’s both saami and 1 modified throat… I’m building a 300prc with this blank.Feel free to post the weight difference when you find out.