I have narrowed down the two barrels I am going to use for this current build. I acquired a budget 308 and I replace the barrel with a 18 inch. BA Hanson Profile Dark Series job. It will shoot sub MOA with cheap ammo and I haven't run the food stuff through it yet. Now to the subject at hand. I have decided between two barrel.
1st one - A Criterion Hybrid 16 inch Stainless steel Nitrided barrel that is right at 400. 389.99 to be exact but by the time it gets here it will rip a 400 dollar bill apart.
2nd option - A Rainer Arms Stainless Ultra Match barrel that is 450. The last Rainer Arms barrel I used was the bomb. 1/2 MOA easily if I do my part. That's with Federal GMM 168 Sierra OTM.
the difference in price is so close I am having a hard time deciding. It's going to be more of a compact gun with good accuracy. I like the Idea of the nitrided barrel since they actually do a more effective 1200° salt bath which does harden the surface significantly. Both I presume will be very accurate and the weight between the two is very close. Just a tad over 2lbs. The only draw back is I haven't tried a Criterion barrel yet. I am going with another 308 instead of 6.5 Creed just to keep from having to stock another caliber.
I Would appreciate some input from you guys on which one you would consider or maybe another manufacturer that I haven't considered yet.
What say he?
1st one - A Criterion Hybrid 16 inch Stainless steel Nitrided barrel that is right at 400. 389.99 to be exact but by the time it gets here it will rip a 400 dollar bill apart.
2nd option - A Rainer Arms Stainless Ultra Match barrel that is 450. The last Rainer Arms barrel I used was the bomb. 1/2 MOA easily if I do my part. That's with Federal GMM 168 Sierra OTM.
the difference in price is so close I am having a hard time deciding. It's going to be more of a compact gun with good accuracy. I like the Idea of the nitrided barrel since they actually do a more effective 1200° salt bath which does harden the surface significantly. Both I presume will be very accurate and the weight between the two is very close. Just a tad over 2lbs. The only draw back is I haven't tried a Criterion barrel yet. I am going with another 308 instead of 6.5 Creed just to keep from having to stock another caliber.
I Would appreciate some input from you guys on which one you would consider or maybe another manufacturer that I haven't considered yet.
What say he?
