308 Bellm, anybody..............

04 November 2002, 08:05

contender85

..looking for one? I have a 14" for sale, rechambered by Mike B has his muzzle brake,and six screw Weaver scope base, includes 50 pcs. formed brass. Barrel is in excellent condition, the Weaver base has some scuff marks on it, pictures are available @
http://www.hunting-pictures.com/members/contender85/index.html

If this barrel sounds familiar, thats because it was recently offered for sale on this site and I bought it without putting a lot of thought into it, I already have a 309JDJ that I've shot very little and I really dont need another 30cal barrel sitting around.
Price is $225 + shipping (just what I've got in it)may also consider trades for 10-12" barrels. Send e-mail or PM if interested, I will be away Mon-Fri. If no interest I will put it on the auction block next weekend.
Mark

04 November 2002, 09:02

TCLouis

Help me someone PLEASE buy this barrel.
A SS 44 Mag barrel for 120 bucks (shipped) over at the swamp and this barrel are calling my name, and I don't need either one right now (like most of us "Need" all of the barrels we have now).
Is the original owner of this barrel out there and can they tell us HOW this scope mount got so scarred up?

LouisB

Someone save me from the terrible sounds of these barrels calling my name!

04 November 2002, 17:47

Mike Bellm

Before you let the .308 Bellm go down the road, I would shoot it against the .309 JDJ and keep the most accurate one.

And, if per chance you are more prone to shooting lighter bullets, the capacity of the .308 Bellm is much better balanced for this than is the much larger volume of the JDJ which almost has to be fed slow powder in order to keep the loading density up. Usually slow powders don't work all that well with light bullets, especially in the handgun barrels.

The big cheese at "the pond" says Bellm's stuff does not have the resale value of the much touted SSK stuff, so you might do better selling the JDJ on the name.

Two pfennigs' worth.

Mike Bellm

04 November 2002, 17:48

Mike Bellm

Another thought. You can almost buy two barrels for the price of an SSK.

Mike

05 November 2002, 01:04

MS Hitman

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mike Bellm:
[QB]Before you let the .308 Bellm go down the road, I would shoot it against the .309 JDJ and keep the most accurate one.[QB]

Mike,

My .309JDJ shoots sub-caliber groups at 100 yards. If yours will do better, how about shipping a barrel, dies, and loading data down and I'll wring her out and write up a story on it. A little late for this year's deer season, but groundhogs are on again for next May.

05 November 2002, 16:15

<supermagforever>

MS Hitman, Welcome!
Love your writing. Do you still have your .338JDJ#2?
Richard.

05 November 2002, 22:10

Mike Bellm

quote:
Originally posted by MS Hitman:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mike Bellm:
[QB]Before you let the .308 Bellm go down the road, I would shoot it against the .309 JDJ and keep the most accurate one.[QB]

Mike,

My .309JDJ shoots sub-caliber groups at 100 yards. If yours will do better, how about shipping a barrel, dies, and loading data down and I'll wring her out and write up a story on it. A little late for this year's deer season, but groundhogs are on again for next May.

I have not heard a lot back on the new Virgin Valley barrels I chambered for .308 Bellm. How about it, guys, how are they shooting?

Don Shearer got .330" from the rechambered factory barrel he developed the data in that is posted on my site. I have no other data than what he prepared AND did a very thorough pressure evaluation on. With his work as a benchmark and a safeguard, I would not publish or pass on any data that was not given the same treatment.

Sub. .3" is mighty good... better than what JD usually talks about for his barrels and better than I usually hear from others.

I will be making some new .308 Bellm barrels down the line unless I sell all the blanks I have to the Illinois deer hunters first in .30 Bellm (1.4" .444 Marlin case). If that occurs, it will be further down the line since I am planning to do a lot of .22s this winter in anticipation of spring varminting.

Stay in touch.

Mike