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Offline RichG

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custom cut rifle barrels
« on: December 10, 2013, 01:47:18 AM »
has anyone used a barrel from Jim Carpenter in St. Maries, ID?

Offline smylee grouch

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Re: custom cut rifle barrels
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2013, 02:28:24 AM »
I have two of his barrels and I know of several others. You will see more than a few at the NMLRA Western National Shoot. Go to the x-stix and bench range and ask around.

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Re: custom cut rifle barrels
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2013, 07:22:34 AM »
Smylee grouch. How do your Carpenter barrels shoot? What caliber? What twist? Are they round ball barrels? Would you recommend his barrels to a friend?

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Re: custom cut rifle barrels
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2013, 02:57:38 PM »
My first one is a 40 tappered 32 inch which I use for ofhand shooting, groups into one ragged hole at 50.  My second is a 62 tappered with an English style pattent breech still under construction, hopefuly ending up looking like a John Manton halfstock flinter. Shooting partners have some of Jims barrels and they all shoot great. One is a 62 that prints 3-shot clover leafs at 100 yards.