Litehiker
Well-Known Member
Currently I have a new 6.5 CM Browning X-Bolt Pro, Browning's top X-Bolt. Mine is the 22" barrel, not the 26" Long Range Pro barrel. I got mine as a "mountain rifle" at 6 lbs. 1 oz. It actually gets 1/2 MOA when I zeroed it with 140 gr. Hornady ELD-M ammo.
A few years from now I'll need a new barrel B/C I'll be shooting this rifle in local varmint competition.
To get a bit more velocity I'll add 2" to the barrel for a 24" total (W/O a brake)
My plan is a Bartlein factory lapped stainless barrel with 5R rifling at a 1:7.5 in. twist to work with bullets 130 grains to 155 grains. (The X-Bolt Pro rifles all have stainless barreled actions.) No CF wrapped barrels will be considered but the barrel will be thin and fluted.
Any other suggestions?
Eric B.
A few years from now I'll need a new barrel B/C I'll be shooting this rifle in local varmint competition.
To get a bit more velocity I'll add 2" to the barrel for a 24" total (W/O a brake)
My plan is a Bartlein factory lapped stainless barrel with 5R rifling at a 1:7.5 in. twist to work with bullets 130 grains to 155 grains. (The X-Bolt Pro rifles all have stainless barreled actions.) No CF wrapped barrels will be considered but the barrel will be thin and fluted.
Any other suggestions?
Eric B.
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