[MinnMooney]

I'm just getting into our club's 300m F-Class compitition and have been shooting my Savage LRPV in .22-250Rem. I won the first compitition with a 586 which was 8 pts better than the next two shooters but I realize that I need to shoot in the high 590's to be competitive beyond our club. That's where I'm going to try to be in the next 6-12 months.... shooting 597-600 and I want a rifle that's capible of shooting 600 EVERY time - day-in/day-out. The wind will be the real factor that I'll have to learn to judge but my rifle shouldn't be working against me in the mean time.
Everything that I've read and seen proves that the 6BR (6mm Norma BR) is capable of 1 1/2" - 2" groups at 300m. Since the 10-ring is 200mm (4") in diameter, calm-day shooting should provide no excuses for anything less than a perfect "600". A gust or two will send me into the occasional 9-ring, I'm sure but I want a rifle that gives me few excuses.

My question : I'm looking into getting a rifle that will shoot this well for not a ton of cash (at 1st, anyway) so I'm looking at the E. Arthur Brown Co. barrels specially made for Savage actions/stocks. At under $300 for an installed barrel on my rifle, it sounds like a great deal.
Is anyone familiar with their barrels in a compitition venue? Are they accurate? Do they last?

[testar77]

I have heard no negative things about them as of yet, though I have very limited response. I too am looking at them to do some work for me, as like you pointed out they seem pretty reasonably priced. I plan on them doing a barrel on my mauser action, and some misc. smitthing when I build my .358 Norma mag.

Toby