My Rem 600 project is taking off. Just as a side thought, the barrel is a FEATHER-WEIGHT. If memory serves me right, it is 1.100" at the chamber..... .435 at muzzle and the chamber to barrel taper is only .775" in length.



I plan on duplicating this to fit the stock and make it 22" in length.



Is this too light for an ACCURATE rifle??? Meaning, if I do my part will it have the potential to print .4 and lower???



Thanks,

Kyle

It will be going to either Pac-Nor or Jeff Lawrence for barrel and mounting and truing the reciever.

Meant to ask if everything is done correctly, will a feahter weight barrel have high acuracy potential...with the right loads...etc.

Thanks,
Kyle

As I have always understood it a light barrel can be just as accurate as a heavy one but there will be fewer loads that will achieve that accuracy.

Go for it!!!!! Have no fear of accuracy issues with a light barrel...just get a reputable mfr of barrels and a smith that does fine work and you'll be a happy man.

Vapodog,

I am doing it. Just need to get someone to crispen the Rem 600 trigger.

Kyle

From my experience, the lighter barrel will heat up faster and if there is any stress induced movement in the barrel it will show up with less shots in a given time period. If all else is done correctly and you have a good barrel you should see good accuracy. If the barerel has internal stresses, you may have to wait a while between shots for the barrel to cool.

If you are going to hunt with the gun, I don't see where it makes much difference. I doubt if you will get enough shots off to heat up the barrel. However, load development could take a while.

I have a rifle now that, if shot in 45 second increments, will place the first two touching and the next three very close to each other, but the two groups are 1.75 inches apart.
Take three minutes between shots in cool weather and get 5 in an inch or less. Even tried Cryo on this one and it did not help.

I have another gun with a true featherweight profile in 22" that shoots to the same place hot or cold.

With all that. If I were building a 22" barreled short action, I would use a slightly larger profile. Or even a large profile that is flutted.

Due to the stock configuration, a larger barrel is not possible. I am a fan of big heavy barrels and this will be my ever feather-weight. Waiting between shots is no problem.

Hopefully is will be off to Jeff Lawrene soon.

Thanks a ton,
Kyle