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Bart B. · November 7, 2012, 08:14 PM

coyota1, I disagree.

What difference is there between them that would make one react differently from contact with a stock's fore end compared to the other?

I don't know of any difference between production and match barrels other than the tolerances of the bore, groove and twist dimensions. And a couple ten-thousandths of an inch in diameters ain't gonna make any difference as to how they behave when touching a stock's fore end.

Note that some production barrels win matches and set records in competition.

November 7, 2012, 08:14 PM	#17
Bart B. Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Posts: 8,927	coyota1, I disagree. What difference is there between them that would make one react differently from contact with a stock's fore end compared to the other? I don't know of any difference between production and match barrels other than the tolerances of the bore, groove and twist dimensions. And a couple ten-thousandths of an inch in diameters ain't gonna make any difference as to how they behave when touching a stock's fore end. Note that some production barrels win matches and set records in competition.