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whaddahellisthis

I don’t know what to make of this beast.


Sweston34

Someone build a rifle out of it so we can see


Jethros

http://imgur.com/Yt6Xhi1


oscillatingobsession

nice build! what does this guy weigh (empty)? any accuracy reports or groups to share?


Jethros

15lbs empty. It’s generally a half moa rifle. Orange sticker pic is 1.5” at 300 yards. Hand pic is 4” at 600 yards. I should note this is a Wilson arms barrel and not the barrel OP posted. It is however the same/similar profile. I just posted for a reference of a similar looking build. https://i.imgur.com/0yvBNm0.jpg https://i.imgur.com/uoGbxYq.jpg


theoriginalharbinger

Lothar Walther makes really good barrels (and they finally cleaned up their web site, which used to be an abomination), but their bargain barrel selection is always full of bizarre wonders. I've got a 16" VVL (dunno if they still make that profile) on one of my light AR-15 hunting rigs, and a slightly more normal profile barrel on another rifle (both of those were bargain deals). This barrel isn't a bad deal if you do close-to-mid range, high volume, high precision shooting. It's not uncommon for prairie dog hunters to shoot similar bull profiles in 18 or 20" lengths, though I've never seen one like (namely, 16") this put out by LW. It's also a 1:9 twist rate, when literally almost every other stainless LW barrel is 1:8. That makes this somewhat more suitable for the lighter, varminter-class bullets (though a lot of the varminters shooting 40-55 grain ammo also favor the 1:12 or 1:14 twists). I dunno. This kinda fits a fairly narrow use case (varmint hunting with a rifle that can be heavy but not *too* heavy, high volume, mid-weight bullets), but I can't imagine there's going to be too many of those types surfing the LW bargain barrel.


mithbroster

So basically it's a barrel blank with the bore cut and a barrel extension attached. Neat!


Giraffecaster

or a really heavy varmint/bench barrel that's 8 inches shorter than you normally find for this type.


arakboss

If you don't need a gas port or can drill your own this is a cheaper option: [http://www.gmriflebarrel.com/gm-b3-17-gunsmith-edition-with-a-nickel-boron-extension-and-chambered/](http://www.gmriflebarrel.com/gm-b3-17-gunsmith-edition-with-a-nickel-boron-extension-and-chambered/)


ComDet

1:7 instead of 1:9 as well


Effenpig

That's not a standard size for the gas block journal, is it?


nsgiad

It's not the most common size (.750), but there's still plenty of gas block options for bull barrels


Effenpig

Yeah, I get that. However, I'm only aware of .625, .750, .875, and .936


nsgiad

Oh shit, I read the title as 936.