Gunsmithing opinions on Hart barrels

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Agreed. Hart makes nice barrels, with decent ETAs, and they are a pleasure to deal with.
Always promptly reply to emails, and always willing in giving you all the information you requested from them.
 
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I own 2 Hart barrels in 6mmPPC.
I own 1 Hart barrels in 308.

They are premium barrels.
They can shoot better than I can.
They are of the same quality as premium barrels from Lilja, Krieger, Lothar Walther, Pac-Nor, Shilen, Bartlein, Spencer, etc.

But Hart would charge me $315 and wait 2 months for a barrel.

I have found other premium barrels from $185 - $264 and in stock.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Clark</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

But Hart would charge me $315 and wait 2 months for a barrel.

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Luck of the draw, I've called Hart a month ago for .308 1/10 blank and had one in my hands two and a half weeks later contoured and fluted as requested, while I would have to wait three plus months to get one from others. The price is about the same as other match barrels.
 
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I have been using Hart barrels since 1969 and in that time I have had 30+. Most have been for benchrest rigs in .222, 6PPC, 30BR, 30x47. I have also gone through (7) in various 28 caliber rounds and currently have them in .308, (3) in .243 Ackley 22/250 Ackley and 6br.

I have never had one that did not shoot.
 
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In 26 years in this business I've fitted and chambered literally hundreds and hundreds of Hart barrels. Have I sent one or two back. Sure but not after I fitted them. I've never had to return one because it wasn't accurate. Occasionally had customers that weren't accurate but I had no place to return them.
 
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Off the subject,
Good to see another top notch smith in here.<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave Tooley</div><div class="ubbcode-body">In 26 years in this business I've fitted and chambered literally hundreds and hundreds of Hart barrels. Have I sent one or two back. Sure but not after I fitted them. I've never had to return one because it wasn't accurate. Occasionally had customers that weren't accurate but I had no place to return them.</div></div>
 
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I shot Hart barrels for years with very good results. I only switched to Krieger in the last few years because that is what Dwight Scott and Terry Cross suggested. All have been accurate but the three most accurate barrels have been Harts in 22BR by Dwight Scott in 1996, 6PPC (rechambered to 6BR) by Dwight Scott in 1997, and a 308 Win chambered by Mike Bryant back in 1999.

A fellow Hide member is still shooting the Bryant barrelled 308 tens years later and, last I heard, it was still smoking at long range.

We are fortunate to have so many great barrels to choose from. While cut-rifled have grown in popularity in recent years, Hart still makes a fine barrel. You will be pleased.
 
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here is my hart story I have a used hart that won high power state champ and a smith cut down to 20" rechambered .308 for my ar 10 and it will shoot .5 all day it is also very fast close to 2600 with FGM 175
 
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I've had five, still have one. They were all great shooters, one was on the best NM M1A I had and it was an exceptional shooter. I have an M1 garand NM style with a well worn hart in .308 and it's still a shooter. I've had experience with a few bolt rifles with hart barrels, one has close to ten thousand rounds through it and you sure can't tell by how it shoots.