When I was doing accuracy testing for a certain precision rifle manufacturer, I had a chance to compare LW and Krieger barrels on a daily basis, 3 days per week, 0900-1700. LW can handle a much higher volume than Krieger can, but the Krieger barrels shot better than the LW's. For the price, I would pay for the Krieger. If someone is wanting a polygonal barrel, it seems hard to beat the price of the Black Hole Weaponry barrels. I've seen some LW barrels that would shoot a ragged 4-shot group in the 1/4 MOA region, and then have a flier way out of the cluster for some reason. I heard the same complaint from the Bench Rest crowd with certain calibers like 6mm and 6.5mm, and the one of the ones I saw that did that was a 6mm pipe.
In .338 LM, I could get them to shoot .5 MOA after a few break-in groups, where they would start out at 3 MOA for the first 1-3 groups, then settle into a super tight group. It's just interesting to see some of these things happen with barrels from different makers, since the Krieger barrels would often print a 1/2 MOA group right from the start. This was shooting from a rifle rest, with Lapua factory ammo by the case. Any barrel that didn't shoot got rejected, re-inspected, and either sent back or test-shot by another shooter after being dropped into another rifle chassis.
I am interested to see how the BHW barrels print in the real world.
In .338 LM, I could get them to shoot .5 MOA after a few break-in groups, where they would start out at 3 MOA for the first 1-3 groups, then settle into a super tight group. It's just interesting to see some of these things happen with barrels from different makers, since the Krieger barrels would often print a 1/2 MOA group right from the start. This was shooting from a rifle rest, with Lapua factory ammo by the case. Any barrel that didn't shoot got rejected, re-inspected, and either sent back or test-shot by another shooter after being dropped into another rifle chassis.
I am interested to see how the BHW barrels print in the real world.
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