"other" SAAMI barrels...

[Trumpet]

Ok,
At the risk of being told "use the search feature", I was wondering what (if any) experiences other members here have had with some of the "other" barrel makers? I'm looking at building up my first Grendel rifle with an emphasis on precision. I'm looking for something in the 18"-20" and in the $300-ish and under range as this will be a precision range toy. Anyone have experience/data on the following....

Sons of Liberty Gun Works
DEZ tactical
X-caliber
Underground Tactical
APF Alex Pro

[mdram]

odin works is in that price range also, have seen several members use it

[Trumpet]

Forgot to add Alex Pro

[Btrip94]

I ordered a 18" hbar x-caliber barrel back in January when they had the cryo process on sale. It should hopefully be here next month, then I can give some feedback.

[Slappy]

FAXON group buy both going on right now (18&20) and if they shoot like the 16 they are more than good to go and worth the wait. BANG BANG!!

This was not on the list but should have been???

[Trumpet]

Also looking at the AA 18", but my concern is it says "lite". How light is "lite"? I lean towards HBAR-ish type target kind of barrels. Will the AA heat up too quickly etc? Is it more of a "hunter" type barrel?

[am4966]

Becareful some of these places say they are saami chamber. But they're realty .264 lbc with a .136 bolt, so I ask for a reamer drawing or ask some questions that will help me decide.

[Trumpet]

Becareful some of these places say they are saami chamber. But they're realty .264 lbc with a .136 bolt, so I ask for a reamer drawing or ask some questions that will help me decide.

Like what?

[SDet]

Sons of liberty are good guys. I'm planning to pick up my next grendel barrel from them. My odin works shoots great, but it's pretty overgassed with their intermediate system. Not a problem normally, but with a suppressor I still can't get it to run 100%

[37L1]

Also looking at the AA 18", but my concern is it says "lite". How light is "lite"? I lean towards HBAR-ish type target kind of barrels. Will the AA heat up too quickly etc? Is it more of a "hunter" type barrel?

"Lite" just means it's fluted. You won't have to worry about heating up the barrel too quickly more than any other barrel. I've got a 16" lite by AA and the thing shoots. Well within your $300 range.

[458MinMag]

I don't have experience with X-Caliber in a 6.5G, but I can tell you that they make really nice barrels. I have an X-Caliber 45 caliber in a bolt gun, a 223 in an AR15, and I just received a 7mm-08 large format AR barrel from them a couple of weeks ago. They are well machined, very accurate, and the hand lapped bores look great. They will set headspace to your stripped bolt for $10 extra.

[Trumpet]

X-Caliber just confirmed Grendel with compound throat and .300 neck.