PRS Talk What barrel profile are you using ?

[RRW]

6.5 CM, Heavy Palma, 26", Heathen Brake.

 

[Rsos2313]

6BR MTU 26"

 

[LH_Gina]

28" Hawk Hill Medium Palma's on all of my 6XC's
22" Hawk Hill Medium Palma on my .223 & .308

 

[Sierra770]

M24 -308 24"
Med Palma-308 16"
Savage Bull-6.5 and 308 28"

 

[ThePretzel]

27" Krieger Heavy Varmint for my 6BR

 

[jd5521]

26” MTU’s and M24’s

 

[clcustom1911]

24" M24 on my RPR.

Probably gonna do a 26" M24 or M40 on my 7mmRM when it's time.

 

[skidhc]

.243 Win and 6.5x47 - 28" Heavy Varmint

 

[A.Bennett]

Even before I started competing, I've always liked heavier rifles. I started competing and kept with that, I use a GAP #7 contour which is a straight taper m40 contour I believe.

 

[BLKWLFK9]

26" med palma 6br on John Hancock
26" heavy palma .223 on John Hancock
18" M24 6.5 PRC on John Hancock
26" Heavey Palma 6.5 CM on AI/AT
26" MTU .25CM on AI/AT
20" Factory .308 AI/AT
26" Sendero on .300WM

 

[Pvt.Donut]

23" Heavy Palma in 6mm Creedmoor. Ran a 20" 6.5 Creedmoor for the last couple years and loved the short length but needed a little more weight up front. 23" Heavy give me the weight I need to balance out my rifle.

 

[scwhit]

6.5CM 22inch M24

 

[Dunraven]

26" Remington Varmint, 6XC and 6.5x47.

 

[shooterb]

Varmint/Sendero barrels

.308 26"
6.5 CM 22"

I'll probably never burn out the .308 barrel, but the 6.5 I'll probably go to a Marksman profile and extend it to 24" when it comes time to swap it out.

 

[CATM15]

.308 20” sendero
6.5 24” #7 shillen
.223 trainer 26” MTU
6.5 24” M24

 

[260284]

23.5" Factory Tikka 223 Varmint that shoots lights out

26" light varmint Bartlein 22BR

23.5" medium palma 6.5 creedmoor that isn't heavy enough for PRS, but ok for hunting. Have a heavy palma blank for the next barrel, will finish at 26" minimum.

 

[hacabrera071]

26" Bartlein #9, it is heavy but works like a charm man!

 

[DisplacedTexan]

Straight 1.25" and MTU

 

[HogsLife]

6.5 CM, 26” Bartlien Heavy Palma
6.5 CM, 16.5” Proof Sendero
225 Valkyrie, 22” Kreiger M24

 

[Justin30hate]

6mm BR, 27" MTU. I like my gun to be heavy to mitigate recoil.

 

[Mporche]

26in marksman.

 

[King_beardsly]

6mm BR, 27" MTU. I like my gun to be heavy to mitigate recoil.

All that heavy recoil for a 6BR

 

[POGPride]

All that heavy recoil for a 6BR

6BR, BR variant or Dasher + 25LBs+ a good break= spotting your own trace. It's unbelievable untill you tried it bro.

 

[Justin30hate]

All that heavy recoil for a 6BR

6BR, BR variant or Dasher + 25LBs+ a good break= spotting your own trace. It's unbelievable untill you tried it bro.

Exactly. My gun weighs 23lbs and i spot almost every one of my shots. Makes for difficult positional shooting but awesome in the prone and off of props.

 

[King_beardsly]

6BR, BR variant or Dasher + 25LBs+ a good break= spotting your own trace. It's unbelievable untill you tried it bro.

Just giving a you a hard time, my build for next season will be a little chubby and a 6BR variant.

 

[Sheldon N]

I was at 23lbs, but just recently reduced the weight. I didnt care for it.

Side by side with an 18lb rifle didnt seem like there was any noticeable difference in recoil from prone or barricades.

i went down in weight for my next barrel too. Ordered M24 instead of Heavy Varmint/MTU. Should be about 1lb lighter.

 

[Balor]

.308, Bartlein barrel 24", Remington Vermint / Sendero.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

.260 Rem SAAMI, 28" 1:8" Lothar-Walther LW-50 Stainless, #5171 Savage Varmint contour, 11 Deg Crown. Still going since 2003 (-ish?)

Original (was 24: 1:8" factory .260 barrel) SH Ghost Dancer 2001 Savage 10FP .260 with this aftermarket barrel upgrade. Shooting this rifle, it is a pussycat. Guessing 12lb or so, all up. I'm no sprinter at 73.

Greg

 

[10000yards]

I use a stock, factory rifle for varminting, I have a semi custom for big game and low round count midrange use. I also have a semi custom for F/TR, but I've only shot full-custom rifles in F-Open.

 

[ebaas]

.280AI- Brux #5 @ 23”

 

[Tigerfan601]

6 DASHER running a MTU contour. About to switch to a straight taper

 

[1moaoff]

M24

 

[King_beardsly]

6 DASHER running a MTU contour. About to switch to a straight taper

I like your style, truck axle barrel for a dasher

 

[Tigerfan601]

Cant beat those straight contour barrel's.

 

[4066.5]

6.5cm - 24" #7 sendero
300wm - 27" #7 sendero
223 - 20" med. Palma
22lr - 20" kukri

 

[generalzip]

28" MTU 6BR and 6creed. Next barrel will be 28" 6BRA Heavy Varmint.

 

[King_beardsly]

28" MTU 6BR and 6creed. Next barrel will be 28" 6BRA Heavy Varmint.

I’m guess you’ve got almost zero recoil with the 6BR

 

[generalzip]

I’m guess you’ve got almost zero recoil with the 6BR

there’s still some but with an impact brake it’s not too bad at all. For free recoil the key to watching your impacts I’ve found is light recoiling round not loaded too hot, heavy rifle that has a balance point in front of the mag well, good brake, scope with a good eyebox.

 

[King_beardsly]

I’m in the process for doing a 6dasher in a M24 contour, so I’m trying to gauge people’s recoil with something roughly around the same contour.

 

[generalzip]

I’d recommend MTU. Little heavier and longer shank but that’s just my .02. You really can’t go too heavy for PRS. I know a lot of guys that run straight taper

 

[King_beardsly]

True, I’m slowly working into heavier barrels and I got a smoken deal on the dasher so I can complain to much

 

[jinxx4ever]

I’d recommend MTU. Little heavier and longer shank but that’s just my .02. You really can’t go too heavy for PRS. I know a lot of guys that run straight taper

what's the common length?

 

[b6graham]

what's the common length?

26

 

[ThisGuy]

Currently running a 26" Heavy Palma. I just spun up a 26" M24. Only switching because a good deal came up for the barrel.
6CM

 

[Forrest84]

6.5 26” heavy Palma
2 -26” M24’s in 308 and 6.5 Lapua

 

[Konarex]

26" Heavy Varmint 6 Dasher
26" Heavy Varmint 6 Creedmoor

 

[Tobyboy22]

MTU on everything

 

[2aBaC̶a̶]

Just ordered my first custom barrel 24" M24, 300PRC.

 

[Mk32784]

I am running a 26 inch med palma in 6.5CM for prs/field/etc matches.

 

[earthquake]

2014 - m40, 24", 6.5 Creed.
2015-2019, med-Palma, 26", Dasher.
2020, m40, 26", Dasher.

Rifles have been back heavy, so I'm back to trying a heavier barrel for better balance.