New proof PXT Gain twist barrels

[wind gypsy]

I sent an email asking about this their response was, we are working on 6mm & .25 but lite contour steel barrels are not in the near future.

Why sell steel when people are willing to pay $1050 for a steel blank with some carbon glued to it.

 

[huntnful]

Why sell steel when people are willing to pay $1050 for a steel blank with some carbon glued to it.

Guilty hahaha. I haven’t bought one yet, but I probably will at some point.

My current two carbon benchmarks are shooting excellent.

 

[BBob]

Guilty hahaha. I haven’t bought one yet, but I probably will at some point.

Same. If they had 6’s I’d have one already to test. Other projects already have barrels so I don’t really need any for those unless I sell one off

 

[huntnful]

Same. If they had 6’s I’d have one already to test. Other projects already have barrels so I don’t really need any for those unless I sell one off

Yeah I’m waiting for some 6mm and 6.5mm 24” options

 

[Escalante11]

Sorry if this has already been addressed but is this not the same tech/concept that Seekins already rolled out a 5/6 ish months back?

They said at the time they were going to ‘open source’ the gain twist rates and broader design so that other manufacturers could more easily play along.

 

[Coleredding00]

Sorry if this has already been addressed but is this not the same tech/concept that Seekins already rolled out a 5/6 ish months back?

They said at the time they were going to ‘open source’ the gain twist rates and broader design so that other manufacturers could more easily play along.

Id bet that Proof was way ahead of Seekins on this, they just didn't care if they were first.

 

[Lawnboi]

They have pxt 6 arc barrels at mile high… for ARs.

So they must have something.

 

[Escalante11]

Id bet that Proof was way ahead of Seekins on this, they just didn't care if they were first.

The matter of who came out with it first is trivial and not important, I was simply asking for confirmation of whether PXT was the same tech as Seekins is already employing. That said, your comment is naive. Seekins is arguably one of the most innovative brands in this industry, for both good and for bad.

 

[Coleredding00]

The matter of who came out with it first is trivial and not important, I was simply asking for confirmation of whether PXT was the same tech as Seekins is already employing. That said, your comment is naive. Seekins is arguably one of the most innovative brands in this industry, for both good and for bad.

Your comment implied that Proof had taken this idea from Seekins. I would bet it might be the other way around. Proofs barrels are lightyears ahead of Seekins from everything I have seen.

But yes. The concept seems to be the same, Proof is just doing it in a way that is commercially available in blanks at a meaningful scale, with prefit compatibility acrossed multiple action manufacturers, rather than only offering it in their proprietary rifles.

 

[BBob]

Yeah I’m waiting for some 6mm and 6.5mm 24” options

There are 6.5/.264 24” PXT barrel blanks out there in stock.

 

[Treelineasassin]

Proof has been in R&D of this barrel tech for some time now, at least a year. Seekins released their high gain twist tech barrels in conjunction with the SIC rifles, which are targeted at military applications. This isn't surprising since the military is shooting a lot of high psi ammo right now, up to 338 lapua case sizes.

 

[huntnful]

There are 6.5/.264 24” PXT barrel blanks out there in stock.

You almost just cost me $1150 lol. I had it in my cart and then held off. I have an almost brand new benchmark carbon that’s hammering right now. That’ll keep me busy for a little while.

But if everything about them is true, a 24” 6.5-7 PRC would be good in one.

 

[Cory_Shoot2Hunt]

Are we sure these will be slower fps wise than a normal barrel? I get not having the pressure spike right away but at the same time, wouldn’t you be able to run a load hotter if there’s not that pressure spike at first?

Also, maybe it’s a gimmick but I’ve heard a couple comments on recoil being not as bad with these because it’s more of a gentle rifling engagement instead of that abrupt hit the rifling and it’s 8 twist, etc right away? Hopefully I’m explaining my questions correctly. I have one of these in a 20in 7mm 8 twist and a Preferred in the same configuration. Need to sell the other.

 

[Jordan Smith]

Are we sure these will be slower fps wise than a normal barrel? I get not having the pressure spike right away but at the same time, wouldn’t you be able to run a load hotter if there’s not that pressure spike at first?

Also, maybe it’s a gimmick but I’ve heard a couple comments on recoil being not as bad with these because it’s more of a gentle rifling engagement instead of that abrupt hit the rifling and it’s 8 twist, etc right away? Hopefully I’m explaining my questions correctly. I have one of these in a 20in 7mm 8 twist and a Preferred in the same configuration. Need to sell the other.

The difference in those effects should be negligible. I posted the results of some physical modeling and calculations I did in response to a similar question a few years ago on another forum. For reference:

Bullet RPM, compared to bullet weight?

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