I'm planning to rebarrel a Sako L61R to .416 Rem Mag -- probably a 24-incher in medium-heavy contour. I know that not all of the barrel manufacturers produce this caliber. Which barrel maker would you recommend. BTW, I'm not a fan of stainless and probably want chrome moly.

shilen #4 contour....

Krieger.

Steve-

My top two choices would be Krieger and Lilja. I have several of each and haven't had a bad one yet.

That said, I am anxious to try a Brux barrel, they seem to be an offshoot of Krieger.

I put a douglas air gaged on my 416 taylor puts 300 gr to 400 gr bullets in one ragged hole.

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:
I put a douglas air gaged on my 416 taylor puts 300 gr to 400 gr bullets in one ragged hole.

Have any details on the rest of that rifle. action, etc.

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Originally posted by 22WRF:

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:
I put a douglas air gaged on my 416 taylor puts 300 gr to 400 gr bullets in one ragged hole.

Have any details on the rest of that rifle. action, etc.

I think it must be a Blackburn.

Thanks for all of the suggestions. The consensus seems to be that there is no consensus!

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The consensus seems to be that there is no consensus!

Opinions are like "noses", everybody has one!

Almost all the custom barrel manufactures will make a profile to your dimensions, PAC-NOR will do it for a reasonabe price.

http://www.pac-nor.com/contours/index.html#custom