Carbon Six or X-caliber barrels?

[BrettJolly]

Hello! I’m looking for info or experience with either Carbon Six or X-caliber or any other Tikka prefit carbon barrels. Are they any good? Worth the price? Looking at building a 20”-22”, 270 Win to run suppressed shooting out to 400-500ish yards at most. Likely will run a 1:8 or 1:9 twist and shoot 150ablr or something similar. Main purpose of rifle will be antelope and deer.

 

[JPeters218]

I have a 20” carbon six 300wsm barrel on a tikka. I haven’t really tried to shoot tiny groups with it yet, but just quickly sighting in with it after getting my suppressor last week when it was 10 degrees it was doing 5 shots under an inch with factory Norma ammo

I also had a really good experience with the company. When I called to order, the guy had to put me on hold for less than 5 minutes while he finished something and gave me 10% off for it.

 

[Adamsfj]

I recently did 2 Carbon Six pre fits. A 300wsm 24 inch and a 6.5 creedmoor 20 inch on tikka actions and both are shooting under .5 groups with berger handloads. I had great customer service from them and have another barrel on order currently.

 

[Tullis94]

No experience with x caliber carbon, but I am very happy with the 1 carbon six I have a lot of experience with.

 

[JoeDirt]

I own both, they seem to shoot sub MOA just fine. They use similar quality barrel blanks and rifling techniques.

The last time I looked (been a while) Xcaliber did not offer as many carbon barrel profiles.

 

[axeforce6]

I have a carbon 6 in a 6 creed. It’s a great shooting rifle. It will shoot Hornady black 105gr under .3 MOA. Took a little longer to get than I expected but it turned out really well.

 

[ghostrider272]

Have an X-Caliber and like it. Haven't shot a load of rounds out of it but I went back and forth between the same two. I don't think you can go wrong with either...

 

[tt_johnsclist]

I have 2 x-Calibers, very pleased with them.

 

[RuggedYogi]

I recently did 2 Carbon Six pre fits. A 300wsm 24 inch and a 6.5 creedmoor 20 inch on tikka actions and both are shooting under .5 groups with berger handloads. I had great customer service from them and have another barrel on order currently.

What bullet are you shooting and what twist did you go with?

 

[NickT406]

Ordered two 20" 6.8 western barrels from Gene at carbon six. They took twice as long as expected to get. One shoots under .3 with handloads and one shoots around a half inch with factory.