Re: Best Aftermarket Barrel
I choose Lothar-Walther for a reason I consider important.
L-W makes the most barrels in the business, for all grades and purposes. A lot of folks are shooting L-W barrels and will never know it because they are often the OEM for manfacturers, and/or make the blanks that others complete and brand mark as their own.
That, by itself, is not my reason for giving a specific recommendation.
But what this does do is allow L-W to afford the resources to maintain precise numeric controls and records of what they make.
Whatever the grade or quality they make, and they make them all, I sincerely believe that few, if any, other manufacturer have as close a handle on what their product actually consists of as L-W.
If you're only buying one barrel, this probably means little.
But if you're buying several, or wish to repeat the purchase of a barrel that has performed well; then consistency is at a premium.
L-W has that barrel's attributes, down to the whisker, on file. Further, it has the means to faithfully replicate it and know for a fact it's identical in all pertinent aspects.
That ls why when I buy a barrel, it's an L-W.
What was once my own spec for a pair of 28" Savage L-W .260 Rem prefits is now identical to the .260 barrel spec for their
pre-fit product line.. Not the cheapest, but worth every damned penny, IMHO.
Greg
