BRT OPTIMUM Barrels

[CoryCop25]

You won’t go wrong with either barrel but the BRT will be softer shooting.

[Aragorn]

It might be cherry picking for me to look at how my 16" med contour barrel did with one particular load and call it a 3/4" gun. With my hotter 77gr TMK loads I average 1.1" at 100y for five, 5-shot groups, and I usually throw in one or two bad shots that are included in the average. I believe I averaged 1.04" with Nosler 77gr CCs last time. I am inclined to believe these barrels do well, and mine would probably do better with a true precision shooter behind it. For my philosophy of throwing together MOAish loads and ringing steel out to 800, the barrel does very well.

Thank you for that info. Sounds pretty decent to me. 1 MOA’ish counting fliers for 5, 5 shot groups is nothing to sneeze at.

Seem to open up any as it got hot?

[opngrnd]

Thank you for that info. Sounds pretty decent to me. 1 MOA’ish counting fliers for 5, 5 shot groups is nothing to sneeze at.

Seem to open up any as it got hot?

No. I load 25 rounds into the mag and it takes between 5-10 minutes. I feel like my form improves as I go, thus my groups improve. It's not every time, but my final groups are sometimes my best.

[1168]

Hey guys, sorry for a lame first post (I normally live over on WEVO), but I’m trying to get some clarification. Been looking long and hard at the 14.5” medium barrel and am looking for accuracy numbers. I’ve prowled the thread and, assuming I’ve got the right data for the right barrels, it looks like the med contour barrels are capable of about 3/4 MOA? Just curious if this is cherry picked data or an average, and if it’s cherry picked, how many rounds was that group?

The barrel contour and velocity boost are appealing, but I ran across a sweet deal on a Noveske (John era) Afghan that’s managed to confuse the issue for me.

Also, slightly related. I saw there was some interest in figuring out what other barrel length/profiles everyone was interested in. While I can’t really offer anything there, I, and speaking only for myself here, would be interested in a titanium version of the microtune gas block. I’ve only got Ti gas blocks, I like that they’re marginally lighter and give a better gas seal, but the SLR Ti adjustable (which I have and paid full price for) is crazy $$$ and obviously still has moving parts.

Any accuracy results you’ve seen from me in this thread have been with the light profile barrel. It has posted under 3/4” 5 shot groups. Factory ammo. I’ll point out that this is an inadequate sample size, but I don’t have Molon’s skill to consistently shoot the smallest 10 shot groups that a rifle is capable of. I normally only shoot groups to zero a rifle, as I do not find benchrest shooting interesting. I have shot some 10 shot groups hovering around 1.5” and several 5 shot groups under an inch. I would be comfortable suggesting that a good shooter would be able to do this consistently with the light barrel.

I suspect the med contour barrels could do a little better.

As far as Noveske Afghan barrels go, mine have served me well also. They’ve been durable, reliable, and accurate, and are not as overgassed as the internet says. If I remember correctly, I measured one at around 0.078” to 0.081”. You can always choke it down with one of BRT’s gas tubes, which I have done. I can’t make the choice for you between one of these vs a BRT MPC 14.5”. I’d probably buy whichever was cheaper.

[Aragorn]

Awesome. Thank you for the data, guys.

[Clint]

Yes,

We'll be doing some more of the 14.0 MID, a "do it all " 12.5 with EXC (should do well with and without a mini can) and maybe a light(er) profile 11.5 CAR.

We've gotten a good amount of interest in the tapered shoulders and will likely expand the offerings with that option.

Also looking into 300BLK.

Clint- can you give us any clues on future profiles you're considering?

[opngrnd]

Yes,

We'll be doing some more of the 14.0 MID, a "do it all " 12.5 with EXC (should do well with and without a mini can) and maybe a light(er) profile 11.5 CAR.

We've gotten a good amount of interest in the tapered shoulders and will likely expand the offerings with that option.

Also looking into 300BLK.

Thanks! I'll keep my eyes open for possible developments.

[opngrnd]

Yes,

We'll be doing some more of the 14.0 MID, a "do it all " 12.5 with EXC (should do well with and without a mini can) and maybe a light(er) profile 11.5 CAR.

We've gotten a good amount of interest in the tapered shoulders and will likely expand the offerings with that option.

Also looking into 300BLK.

Thanks! I'll keep my eyes open for possible developments.

[Tokarev]

Also looking into 300BLK.

It will be interesting to see what you come up with for 300BLK barrels. I assume dedicated suppressed barrels are part of the overall plan?

On a related note; how does the intermediate/277 WLV gas system work on the 300?



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[sniperfrog]

Yes,

We'll be doing some more of the 14.0 MID, a "do it all " 12.5 with EXC (should do well with and without a mini can) and maybe a light(er) profile 11.5 CAR.

We've gotten a good amount of interest in the tapered shoulders and will likely expand the offerings with that option.

Also looking into 300BLK.

12.5” has me interested.