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Horse Plains Drifter
What do people generally think of Shaw barrels? Good? Bad? Ok? I'm looking to get a 6.5/06 barrel and have it installed on a Husqvarna(Mauser) receiver. I've looked at three barrel makers' sites and for the complete job, including re-blue of the barreled action, Shaw seems to be quite reasonable compared to the other two.

TIA for any input.

FYI, the others are Douglas, and Lilja.
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  • swearengine
    In my experience, the Shaw barrels are not machined as nice as the other two. They are good barrels otherwise. I am fortunate as I have a lathe and other machine tools so I finished the barrel myself.
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  • charliemeyer007
    My favorite now long past local gunsmith installed a lot of the Shaw barrels. As I recall they all shot good for hunting rifles considering the price.

    Still waiting for dad's 256 Newton to return to the area, so I can take it out for a session.
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  • He Dog
    Some years ago, one the board member here put a Shaw barrel on an H&R 300 ultra for me. Puts the pill where I want it to go.
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  • MIKE WISKEY
    ok barrels, not one I'd pick for a 'bench' rifle but still a good value for the $$
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  • perry shooter
    I had a shaw barrel installed on special model mauser in 375 H&H turned
    out SO GOOD IT BECAME ONE OF MY FAVORITE RIFLES
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  • armilite
    Got an E.R. Shaw barrel on one of my AR's in 6.8 Remington, it works fine for me.
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  • kimberkid
    Had a stainless bull barrel put on an AR 25+ years ago, shot many groups under 1/2" at 100 with my handloads ... Other shooters still looked down their nose at it.
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