heavier than the Remington Varmint contour. The GAP #6 contour is 1.25” for 3.5”, and then has a sporter contour down to 0.9” at 26”. GAP #6 Contour – I asked George Gardner, GAP President, about this contour and he said this is a modified Remington Varmint contour.That barrel weighs approximately 5.3 lbs at 28”. It is 1.25” for 3” then has a palma contour down to 0.87” at 28”. They feel like “it is it is a perfect balance of weight to barrel length.” It is between a Medium and Heavy Palma, and a little closer to heavy than medium. Marksman Contour – This contour was developed by Hawk Hill Custom for the precision rifle matches.There may be a few contours you haven’t heard of in this list: There were only 2 shooters in the top 50 running Remington Varmint barrels last year, and this year there 9 in the top 50 … including 3 in the top 10! But this year there were also a lot of barrels with a Remington Varmint contour. Last year Medium Palma and Heavy Palma barrels represented over 50% of the top shooters, with Medium Palma barrels being slightly more popular. Heavy Palma barrels were the most popular among the top competitors this year.
I also asked these top shooters what barrel contour they were running, and here is what they said: While I can’t say whether that’s the case or not, there were a lot of these shooters who gave them a strong vote of confidence.īartlein and Hawk Hill combined to represent the barrels that 7 out of 10 shooters were running, but there were several other world-class barrel manufacturers represented: He thought because it was such a small operation, they may be able to maintain more consistent quality and tighter quality control than some of the bigger suppliers. He said it was a small shop, where there is just a handful of passionate guys doing all the work. I was talking to a well-respected gunsmith about barrels a couple weeks ago, and he suggested I take a look at Hawk Hill. Last year only 4 of the top 50 shooters surveyed reported running a Hawk Hill Custom barrel, and this year there were 13 in the top 50 … a 350% increase! Hawk Hill makes make 4-groove single point cut rifled barrels that are hand lapped. Hawk Hill Custom Barrels made a huge leap in 2015, with 26% of the top shooters running them. Bartlein explains, “ Our rifling machines are so accurate, we can carry the twist rate to the 4th decimal point (example: 11.3642).” Wow. Bartlein uses some of the most advanced computer-aided manufacturing processes available. Here is a look at the barrels the top rifle shooters were running this year:īartlein Barrels leads the pack again for the 4 th year in a row! Almost half of the shooters in the top 100 were running Bartlein barrels. Want to be the first to know when the next set of results is posted? Sign-up to receive new posts via email. This is one of several posts based on that gear survey of the top PRS shooters.
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