My first mauser project turned out alright so I thought I'd try another. A Turk Mauser in 22-250 and was wondering if anyone had any experience with the Shaw barrels. they seem to be a step up from Adams& bennett. they're priced pretty resonably.

Thanks

Mark R, yes they are very good bbl's for the money, I have only seen two that a gunsmith I know put  them on two mauser 98's one in 06, an the other was 308, I have no Idea about a Adams& Bennett, good or bad. Ron

A and B barrels are real nice barrels for hunting rifles.....in my limited experience. I am building 4 rifles this year with the Wilson barrels. Shoot, they all use the 4010 steel. Coupled with the Tubbs final finish, they are all way better than your average Remington/Ruger factory "do it quick" jobs. ER Shaw has been making barrels for a long time......my guess is that they are terrific. If an A&B can get me down to 1/2 inch groups......that's good with me! Regards, Rick.

Rick I can't seem to find any info on wilson barrels. Do they have a website.

Hello Mark. Wilson Arms makes the Wilson barrels. They are darn good barrels.....I don't know how they stay so inexpensive. http://www.switchbarrel.com/Wilson.htm
There is a guy who sells them for Wilson at very competetive prices....http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=49478611  He usually has a few on gunbroker. Regards, Rick.

I have a M98 barreled with an ER Shaw and so far I am very happy with it. I haven't had an opertunity to really see what it can do for accuracy yet as I just got it broke in yesterday but it shows promice. I also have another one being hung on a Ruger 77 right now. I think these are pretty good barrels for the money. If your building a target rifle use Lilja or Kreiger but if it's a hunting rifle I'd say Shaw is tuff to beat.

I have only used one Shaw barrel and found no fault with it. I would rate it along with the Adams & Bennet. I have been using Mc Gowen barrels for the last several jobs and find them a cut above the other two I mentioned. Also use a few of Donnalley's barrels. His barrels are just as good as McGowen's and no more expensive. He has Ackley's barrel making business and machinery. ...............Paul H

I can't speak to the Shaw barrels, but if they similar to A&B barrels, this is what I'd recommend, kinda along the lines of Sakorick.

I got an A&B barrel for Twede project and examined the muzzle end using strong lights, high power magnifying glass and Q-tips.  Placing the Q-tip partly down the muzzle to relect the light into the grooves I examined the rifling with the magnifying glass.  I could see, although mighty small, chatter marks in the grooves, running perpendicular to the axis of the bore.

After firing a few jacketed bullets through it, cleaned it thoroughly to remove the copper and firelapped it with soft lead bullets hardrolled in 320 grit and fired 6 at a time through it using squib loads, then cleaned it for examination.  Did this until the chatter marks disappeared, which for me was 6x8= 48 rounds.  It's was a PITA to do, but with 120g Sierras in front of 48g of RL22, it will print cloverleafs, and so far appears to be pretty resistant to copper fouling.

Nels

A&B barrels are Shaw 2nd's, according to John Barsness who is the primary writer for Handloader and Rifle magazines. I have used both A&B and Shaw, and all have been very good shooters.