Douglass or Lother walther?

[Dildobaggins]

I'm finishing up a .308 build. I was looking at a few different options, and thier lead times are like 6 months right now for a few places, such as x-caliber. I would wait, but I want to use this for whitetail this year. Also, im really trying to keep the price under or around $500. LW has some in stock right now. If I went with the douglass it would be from compass lake. Is there an accuracy difference in either of these barrels? Or does anyone have any other options for sub. Or around $500 barrels without a 6th month waiting period? Thanks.

 

[Jcmar15]

I have an LaRue OBR with the LW barrel and that thing will do 1/2 MOA groups with Prime or FGMM if I do my part.

 

[canezach]

Desert Tech uses Lothar Walther barrels for their factory conversions and I've yet to have one that didn't shoot

 

[FisherT&C]

Between those two, LW. They're honed very well.

 

[fdkay]

Understand though, there are different levels of LW barrels.
I have a pre-fit on an old Savage, it is a VERY nice barrel.
Douglas also has different levels of barrels, they enjoy a solid reputation as well.

 

[GhostFace]

I had a LW on an Armalite and that thing was phenomena!


well shit, I just ordered another LW….

 

[Criver600]

Compass Lake Douglass barrel will run with anything. A very accomplished NRA HP service rifle shooting buddy of mine says the only difference between a Douglass and Krieger blank is barrel life.

 

[RUTGERS95]

another LW vote

 

[AMGtuned]

No experience with Douglas; but I ran a LW on my AR10 .308. Had a StraightJacket barrel system installed, but that barrel was lights out both before, and even more so after, the conversion.

Of your two suggestions, I can't say anything bad about my LW use. Fit and finish, rifling, end result on target; all very pleasing results

 

[Huskydriver]

Tough to beat anything chambered by compass lake

 

[mheimer_45]

I have a Douglas barrel from compass lake. But in .223. After fucking with it for 200 rounds I changed it out with a keystone accuracy Bartlein and I’ll never spend the money on a cheap barrel again. That barrel is currently laying around the shop and gets used as a pry bar. But I did give compass lake another try with krieger spr barrel to go on my mk12. Just waiting on the can to see how that one shoots.

 

[Poorboyr]

I have a few Douglas barrels and they all are shooters. Never had a problem.

 

[Constructor]

Douglas.

 

[S197]

I'm finishing up a .308 build. I was looking at a few different options, and thier lead times are like 6 months right now for a few places, such as x-caliber. I would wait, but I want to use this for whitetail this year. Also, im really trying to keep the price under or around $500. LW has some in stock right now. If I went with the douglass it would be from compass lake. Is there an accuracy difference in either of these barrels? Or does anyone have any other options for sub. Or around $500 barrels without a 6th month waiting period? Thanks.

Gas gun, I would go Douglas and have compass lake do the work.

 

[S197]

I have a Douglas barrel from compass lake. But in .223. After fucking with it for 200 rounds I changed it out with a keystone accuracy Bartlein and I’ll never spend the money on a cheap barrel again. That barrel is currently laying around the shop and gets used as a pry bar. But I did give compass lake another try with krieger spr barrel to go on my mk12. Just waiting on the can to see how that one shoots.

Did you ever reach back out to CLE about it?

 

[mheimer_45]

Did you ever reach back out to CLE about it?

I did not. The barrel shot decent with 73 ELD’s but hated SMKs in any flavor. And I have thousands of those laying around.

 

[samnev]

I have an LaRue OBR with the LW barrel and that thing will do 1/2 MOA groups with Prime or FGMM if I do my part.

Have same LaRue, same barrel same results.