Mcgowen Barrel Reviews

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For the price I’d look at Preferred. My first barrel from them should be shipping real soon. When I asked for feedback before ordering, no one was unhappy
 

Leaf Litter

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For the price I’d look at Preferred. My first barrel from them should be shipping real soon. When I asked for feedback before ordering, no one was unhappy
I wish I had bought my last barrel from them in lieu of McGowen
 
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20" 6.5 creedmoor tikka lite with a flare for 5/8". If I could do it again I would have gone with preferred but this will work. The bead blast finish is strange not sure what they are using but never seen anything like it...1000008941.jpg
 

Qholum37

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I just received my 7mm PRC barrel and everything looks really good. It was done ahead of schedule, a bit over 8 weeks. The fit and finish is much better than the last barrel I got from them about 3 years ago. They nailed my custom contour! 20" length and basically an .810 Taperless with the shank shortened up to 2" instead of 3". The weight came in a touch less than I expected as well, weighs 2 lbs 11.5 ozs. Overall, I am very pleased. I will also add that Sam was awesome to work with!

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I just received my 7mm PRC barrel and everything looks really good. It was done ahead of schedule, a bit over 8 weeks. The fit and finish is much better than the last barrel I got from them about 3 years ago. They nailed my custom contour! 20" length and basically an .810 Taperless with the shank shortened up to 2" instead of 3". The weight came in a touch less than I expected as well, weighs 2 lbs 11.5 ozs. Overall, I am very pleased. I will also add that Sam was awesome to work with!

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Looks great! I bit the bullet and took another chance on McGowen. I ordered a 6 creed barrel on black Friday, and it's already done. Hopefully it turns out as good as yours. Great idea on shortening the shank to save weight.
 

Qholum37

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Looks great! I bit the bullet and took another chance on McGowen. I ordered a 6 creed barrel on black Friday, and it's already done. Hopefully it turns out as good as yours. Great idea on shortening the shank to save weight.
Yea it saves a decent amount of weight and looks better in my opinion being shorter and the transition isn't so abrupt down to the taperless section. This contour definitely turned out better than I had imagined!
 

Qholum37

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Got to put a few rounds down the new 7PRC barrel today and I like what I see so far! A rainstorm moved in and started dumping so I didn't get any 5 or 10 shot groups in like I had planned but here are shots 4,5 and 6 with factory Precision Hunter ammo...

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