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Criterion vs Preferred Barrel Blanks

King_beardsly

King_beardsly

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    • Jun 12, 2018
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    I’m looking to get a barrel spun up for a 223 tac division build to complement my 308 and figured I’d give either Criterion or Preferred a chance since they are a lower price option to play around with. So I guess my question is which one would you go with, I know criterion has a pretty solid reputation.
     
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    I've been plenty happy with accuracy of criterions in 6br, 6creed, 243, and 243ai. They always ran fast for charge/bullet and shot very well. With criterion making shouldered prefits for origin/solus, it's a no brainer for a sub 400.00 barrel that runs with 600-700.00 prefits.
     
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    6brshooter said:
    I've been plenty happy with accuracy of criterions in 6br, 6creed, 243, and 243ai. They always ran fast for charge/bullet and shot very well. With criterion making shouldered prefits for origin/solus, it's a no brainer for a sub 400.00 barrel that runs with 600-700.00 prefits.
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    I’ll have to contact James and see what he’s offering for reamers to see if he’s got something that would fit the bill.
     
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    Northland offers a M118lr chamber which worked well for me with 175 SMK, 168 Hybrids, and 168 ELDs. It would probably work well with any bullet with a tangent or hybrid ogive in the Tac legal weight range.
     
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    A.Huggy said:
    Northland offers a M118lr chamber which worked well for me with 175 SMK, 168 Hybrids, and 168 ELDs. It would probably work well with any bullet with a tangent or hybrid ogive in the Tac legal weight range.
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    I realized I never said it was going to be a 223, but it’s cool to know they offer a M118LR chamber incase I want an other 308 barrel.
     
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    King_beardsly said:
    I realized I never said it was going to be a 223, but it’s cool to know they offer a M118LR chamber incase I want an other 308 barrel.
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    From northland, get the wylde with .062 freebore at a minimum. If it’ll be 75+ with no considerations to the 55-69s then get the match .090 freebore chambering.
    That’s assuming you are feeding via aics matter mags.
     
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    spife7980 said:
    From northland, get the wylde with .062 freebore at a minimum. If it’ll be 75+ with no considerations to the 55-69s then get the match .090 freebore chambering.
    That’s assuming you are feeding via aics matter mags.
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    It would pretty much be on a strict diet of 75+ and be feed from aics mags, maybe 69s on yotes but that would be few and far between.
     
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