BROWNELLS SHORT CHAMBERED MAUSER BARREL - BROWNELLS Short Chambered Barrel, 1-9 Twist, 6.5x55mm

Center axis of bore was not concentric with secondary machine work. Threads and chamber were concentric but off center of the bore by about .0012" . All axes were parallel. Barrel shoots a nice round 2" five shot group at 100 yards in blue printed Mauser action, not too bad for hunting large game. Spend more money if you want a target barrel.

This is the second one of these that I have installed. This one I used on a 96 Swede action by turning the thread blank down and re-threading to fit the 96. The whole project success depends on how the thing shoots when done. This barrel did not disappoint! The groups with 100gr Barnes TTSX bullets were consistantly less than 3/4" at100yds and showing signs of better accuracy with more break in shooting. I am very pleased again.

Just an update on my barrel performance: The barrel shoots tight little 1/2" groups with Barnes 100gr and 120gr TTSX bullets and does not copper foul at all. I'm also running max loads with IMR 4831 with no pressure signs on a hot day. Did I say I'm pleased, I'm very pleased! I'm eyeing over another mauser to do the same thing to, as this makes them into a sweet shooting long ranger killing machine. Did I say I'm pleased?

My first experience rebarreling to a 6.5x55. I' glad I went with the 24" from Brownells as others had short chambered ones for sale but all shorter versions. The chambering job with Brownells reamer went smooth, also a great value. At the range the thing shot like a dream with less than moa groups with Barnes 120gr bullets. Have'nt tried other bullet weights but "very" pleased with what I'm seeing so far. The barrel doesn't load up with copper either as some do with Barnes bullets. Excellent barrel that I would order again.

Chambered mine with a rented PTG reamer. Shoulder to breech face distance timed perfectly to my VZ-24. First shots came out under MOA with basic hand loads (140 Sierra MKs with RE22). Very satisfied with it.

"Shoe-shined" the barrel with 320 and 400 grit metal sandpaper to prep for blueing. Used Birchwood Casey paste Perma Blue and it took a nice deep color.

Only reason I gave it a 4 and not 5 stars is I would have liked the contour lighter. It could have been thinner towards the action end and saved a bunch of weight without being a whippy featherweight contour.

No faults with these barrels,I have shortened two of the 25/06 barrels and rechambered to 250 Savage and fit them to my single shot actions,Makes a great hunting gun shooting under one inch groups at hundred yards.Blues great and shoots as good as more costly barrels,Thanks for a great product.

I cut this barrel down to build a handy deer rifle. I took it to the range yesterday and couldn't be more pleased. I cut and recrowned this barrel down to 18.5" and installed a williams fire light front sight and receiver mounted rear peep. After about 20 rounds of break in/ cleaning and testing I began shooting 1.5" groups at 100yrds. I had no walking or stringing with warm up and this was all with some unknown 1989 issue military ammo. I shot 20 quick succession rounds and tore a 1.5" hole without even one flier. The finish is rough but I cleaned it up with an orbital sander and hand sanding to a nice mirror polish fairly quickly. I used my borescope to inspect the rifling and found it to be better than most factory barrels with nicely cut lands and grooves. Chamber was cut perfectly centered and required finish reaming to obtain proper headspace. I was going to build this rifle up to sell but now I think it may be sticking around for a while because I just found my new favorite shooter.

Bought this barrel for a VZ24 action and it worked out great, shoots 140gr. sierra bullets with 1/2" groups at 100yds. For the money you can't go wrong

Bought this barrel for a VZ24 mauser project. bore and chamber was better than I expected and it shoots Sierra 140sbt into 1/2 inch holes at 100yds. For the money you can't go wrong.

Target shooting and hunting. Dead on acuracy, perfect fit to action, looks like it was built to be in the stock stile I designed.The only not so hot thing I can find with this barrel is I can't shoot as much as I want to, I don't have enough time.

this is a follow up review as i have had time to shoot the rifle a bit more and am very happy with the accuracy of the barrel. i have only shot 100gr hornady's with 760 (thrown together for the sake of barrel break in, no load work involved) and it is giving 1" groups off a bulls bag. cleans nice and easy, doesn't copper foul much at all... very nice! i would definately buy again.

i was very impressed when i unwrapped the barrel and was very happy to find such a smooth bore, i've shot 3 groups thus far for break in purposes and i am really impressed at how easily the bore cleans up and how little jacket fouling i'm finding at this point. i haven't shot for groups yet as it's been below zero since i finished this up but i expect good things. blued beautifully too!

I like the looks of the 25-06 barrel.There was very little to fit,the threads were a perfect
fit, the head space work was a breeze with finish
reamer and head space guages I also purchased at
Brownells. My sons and I built the stock to combine the Military with a thumb hole stock
made of Mahogany. With high scope mounts and a 4-12 x 40mm Bushnell scope this is deadly hunting combination. This is a nail driver, the only
bad thing about this new rifle I don't like, is
I have to put it down to go to work. Thanks
Brownells.

I removed the thread and rethreaded and rechambered it for a M-70 push feed.

It shoots just about an inch with the first load I tried.....Ballistic tips 100 grain.

I sent it out for bluing but very happy with the performance.

I use these barrels 25/06 30/06 95 precent of the time building 98 mauser coustom sporters i can find nothing wrong with them, polish,and blue,really good,both hot an cold, but the proof is in the pudding,eight guns 6 will shoot 1inch
NOA.2 less than 3/4inchMOA
at 100yards.
Not bragging just facts

A very good economy barrel for someone who isn't afraid to finish, polish, and install for themselves. Exterior finish is pretty coarse, don't think it will make a tack driver due to it's thin profile, but that remains to be seen. Should make a good shooter, which is what will get my old 08 receiver out of the safe and into the woods and not break the bank.

This is my first time building a rifle and the barrel fit the 98K receiver perfect, the short chamber was reamed by a finishing reamer from Brownells and it all worked out OK. I am in the process of assembling the rifle for test firing before finish is applied. I will update the results when completed