M24 Barrel Question

[Alex Turner]

Hello, I'm wanting to do an m24 clone-ish build, (Remington 700 LA reciever, HS Precision stock, Leopold mk4 scope, and m24 contour barrel) but I'm running into some confusion on the barrel specs. I know that the m24 has a 24" barrel with 5R rifling and a 1/11.25 twist rate. However, as I was searching for a good source for the contoured blank, I noticed that there was some variation between the m24 contour barrel dimensions listed by different manufacturers. Here a few examples:

Contours - Preferred Barrel Blanks

Preferred Barrel BlanksAvailable ContoursPreferred Barrels Contours Explained Fixed Shoulder barrels offer our largest contour selection, from light to our heaviest contours such as MTU or M24 as well as Palmas, Varmints, Sporters, and our Taperless series. We’ve selected and generated our...

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http://www.rockcreekbarrels.com/barrel-info/barrel-contours#:~:text=M24/M40,27″

Lilja Barrel Contour Data - Lilja

Barrel Contour Data Types of Contours: | Straight Tapers l Palma Contours l Rimfire Contours l Octagon Special Straight Tapers l Factory Contours l 15″ Long XP-100 Type l AR-Type Barrels For our special contour policy – Click Here Contoured Barrels: Lilja Contour Number A B C D E F Approx...

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I know that Rock Creek originally made them for the army, so I assume theirs is correct. However, unfortunately they're not available right now. I was hoping to order from Preferred Barrel Blanks because they're the cheapest and they're a local company that I'd like to support, but I want to make sure that dimensionally, their barrel is going to be dimensionally "clone correct". Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Westcoast308]

Schneider barrels are the real deal M24 contour. David Tubb and the Marines use them exclusively. http://schneiderriflebarrels.com/
I bought one because Gary was an hour north of me and I just walked into the shop paid cash. They have M24 blanks in .30 cal around all the time because the Marines have them on order continuously. Watch this interview and the ballistic engineer talks about the polygon rifling increasing accuracy and he has tested everything under the sun in a lab. Cheers

 

[Watch_this71]

Schneider barrels are the real deal M24 contour. David Tubb and the Marines use them exclusively. http://schneiderriflebarrels.com/
I bought one because Gary was an hour north of me and I just walked into the shop paid cash. They have M24 blanks in .30 cal around all the time because the Marines have them on order continuously. Watch this interview and the ballistic engineer talks about the polygon rifling increasing accuracy and he has tested everything under the sun in a lab. Cheers

I just got off the phone with Schnieder barrels and he told me that the Marines haven't placed an order in quite a while so the lead time is right around 4 months. Second, he told me that all they do is the barrel blanks and that I'd have to get it chambered with someone else...

Any suggestions on who to send it (Along with my receiver) to chamber and put it on?

 

[R_A_W]

Altus is 3.5 hours from you

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But there are a ton of great smiths out there
LRI, KMW, TS Customs, Southern Precision (bugholes.com)

 

[Terry Cross]

Altus is 3.5 hours from you

Altus Shooting Solutions - Products, Gear, Training & more

Altus Shooting is your one-stop destination for precision rifle or shooting accessories, shooting competitions and course offerings.

www.altusshooting.com

But there are a ton of great smiths out there
LRI, KMW, TS Customs, Southern Precision (bugholes.com)

Ern over at Altus is the tits. Can't go wrong there.
You also have Gray at Swift Creek Rifles to the north and Walls Rifles to the south.

https://swiftcreekrifles.com/

Walls Rifles: Custom Precision Rifles & Components

Walls Rifles specializes in the construction of precision hunting and tactical rifles along with the sale of their premium components.

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[Westcoast308]

I just got off the phone with Schnieder barrels and he told me that the Marines haven't placed an order in quite a while so the lead time is right around 4 months. Second, he told me that all they do is the barrel blanks and that I'd have to get it chambered with someone else...

Any suggestions on who to send it (Along with my receiver) to chamber and put it on?

What action and cartridge are you using? John Whidden here smiths his own stuff and wins national championships. Nashville GA https://www.whiddengunworks.com/

https://www.accurateshooter.com/technical-articles/gunsmithing/gunsmiths/

Anyone on this list gets results too. For AR’s Compass Lake Engineering is my only choice.
Post some pics when it’s done! Cheers

 

[AccuSol-ERN]

Ern over at Altus is the tits. Can't go wrong there.
You also have Gray at Swift Creek Rifles to the north and Walls Rifles to the south.

https://swiftcreekrifles.com/

Walls Rifles: Custom Precision Rifles & Components

Walls Rifles specializes in the construction of precision hunting and tactical rifles along with the sale of their premium components.

wallsrifles.com

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A recommendation from a well-respected OG like Terry Cross is not taken lightly........thank you sir.......it means a lot.

Ern

 

[longshot2000]

I just got off the phone with Schnieder barrels and he told me that the Marines haven't placed an order in quite a while so the lead time is right around 4 months. Second, he told me that all they do is the barrel blanks and that I'd have to get it chambered with someone else...

We buy and resell the M40 blanks, and 4 months might be optimistic. It is our goal to keep Schneider blanks on the shelf, along with many other M40 rifle parts. We are not gunsmiths, but we do have a dog in the military rifle fight, so to speak. It would seem you got some good advise on a gunsmith to help you with chambering and assembly and truing, etc.

The Schneider barrels blanks are very good. We have recently decided, FWIW, to add Douglas Barrels to our line-up, as a chamber drop-in barrel for Remington 700 actions. We got some guidance from experienced 2112's that Douglas makes a fine barrel, perhaps very close to Schneider, so we thought we would give that a try. We have been using Douglas barrels in our Mk12 5.56mm rifles, and very impressed.

If you find yourself looking for a barrel, we are expecting a batch of Scheiders very soon. Not a commercial.