Originally Posted by
MistWolf
No one is questioning the professional integrity of Robb Jensen in his field. But how much experience does he have in chasing accuracy? Molon has quite a bit.
Pictures only tell 'some' of the story....
I still say lets get this on! What barrel makers want to donate 2 barrels for this test? I'd like to test LaRue, Noveske, WOA, Kreiger, BCM SS410, Lothar-Walther, Superior, Sabre, JP, Centurion, Satern and some others and lets put this shit to the test and put an end to this. Honestly I don't think you'll end up seeing much if any difference. I have experience with almost all those manufacturers and those are some great barrels. There's a Tier to premium barrels and I think Centurion, Noveske, BCM SS410 and Kreiger are at the top. Where some of these barrels differ is how long they'll maintain a great degree of accuracy over the life of the barrel.
Who's up for it?, I'll pull some trigger for this for those that think for some reason I can't shoot or that I don't know what accuracy is (FWIW I grew up the son of a Marine 0369 who went to Scout/Sniper school at Quantico in 1985. Before USPSA/3gun I used to shoot silhouette).
We'll also need a lot of .223 Rem ammo and at least a 100yd range. Quantico has a fixture to fire rifles without a human pulling the trigger to eliminate that problem. I can probably get access to this, it's basically a Ransom Rest for rifles. This fixture has put to shame some of the best claims by a few greatly respected manufacturers in recent times.
From each barrel maker:
Barrel 1) take a chamber casting to include the throat and leade before shooting, another casting after the 'break in', and another at 2K rounds and shoot it for groups.
Barrel 2) take a chamber casting to include the throat and leade when new before shooting, and one more chamber casting after 2K and shoot it for groups.
Ammo from maker and the same lot # in each barrel when new and when at 2K rounds should be used for the new 'groups' and 2K round 'groups'.
It would also be interesting to see what the velocity percentage of deviation was between rounds when the barrels were new vs. when they've had 2K rounds through them.
Compare the before/after results of each barrel before and after 2K rounds and if the barrel break-in helped or didn't do anything. Don't really compare one barrel to the other barrel for accuracy as that isn't the point of the study but to see at what percentage each barrel lost accuracy and each barrels velocity is deviation wise from when each was new.
Money where your mouth is and all that.....put up or shut up, bring it don't sing it.
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Chief Armorer for Corp Arms (FFL 07-08/SOT 02)
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