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Selling this used, older gen XLR Element Remington 700LA chassis with one magazine and action screws. It's in great shape, no scratches or gouges other than what you see in the mag well from magazine usage. $325.00 shipped to lower 48. Happy to send more pics if you need.

I spoke with another company last week that is only 4 months out. I will be avoiding those that are close to a year out from now on. I think the busier they are, the easier it is for them to not keep customer service as a priority.

I would have actually preferred they took that approach and spared me the further insults. I can respect that... aside from the rest of the poor to non existent communication and the fact that they still have some of my property.

Yes. Every time

I guess that's where a company decides whether they want to retain a customer and all of the future barrels they will buy and also recommend to others. I think they have gotten so backlogged that CS does not need to be a priority anymore.

That's where some of the documentation I provided comes into play. And the list of excuses besides the +P as to why they wouldn't help. Blaming cleaning when I have bore cam video before sending it in that shows only very light carbon that certainly wouldn't cause a pressure issue. I know guys...

I ask again, regardless of whether they replaced the barrel or not... do you find the timeline and chain of events with Bartlein an acceptable customer experience?

What you read is my full, factual documented experience. You can choose to believe it or not. Makes no difference to me. Ask yourself though, if this happened to you...is this series of events outlined acceptable regardless of whether they replaced the barrel or not?

They did not test the barrel for metallurgy, at least if they did, they did not say. They simply came up with a list of things in order to deny service. I would have liked to know the same thing

My understanding is that they are around 3/4" in length and in a .30 cal the land to land dimension is around .304" vs the normal .300".

Actually, Unknown Munitions has received permission from DE to use the +P design. They do a lot of them, promote them on their website and did a whole segment on the Shoot2Hunt podcast.

As stated in my post, I'm not without experience with similarly configured RUM's. I know a lot of locals that run them as well. My last 300 RUM was a 32" regular stainless barrel with very long throating of my design that mimicked the performance of the +P. I ran the 230 Berger in it. Actually...

I have actually, told him it was something to be aware of.

I've read Kirby's thoughts on this as well. The speed at which this throat eroded right through and past the +P with no signs of slowing down leads me to believe that it's not +P related. I mean, this thing was going away at 250 rounds, realistically. Shawn Carlock would not be promoting and...