Precision at Its Finest with the CONTOUR #3 BARREL
The CONTOUR #3 BARREL from SHILEN is crafted with unparalleled attention to detail, ensuring that your firearm not only looks exceptional but also performs with remarkable accuracy.
Overview
All the loving care of the best stockmaker combined with the meticulous attention to detail of a master machinist will not make a gun shoot any straighter than the accuracy capability of the barrel used. It is the insides of a barrel, that very small and vital area of lands and grooves over which the gunsmith has no control, that can determine whether the finished work of art is for shooting - or “just for looks.”
Craftsmanship Matters
Craftsmanship, not price, determines the quality of a barrel. A customer willing to invest in a custom gun must avoid the temptation to economize by ordering “just any old barrel so long as it’s cheap.” Such choices jeopardize your reputation as a gun builder, and as your supplier, we are committed to ensuring that our barrel blanks enhance your standing in the trade.
Quality Assurance
We proudly offer the Brownell Barrel, made for us by Ed Shilen. Shilen barrels, whether chrome moly or stainless steel, are rifled with six lands and grooves using the “Cold Forming” process with carbide dies made in Shilen’s own plant under the most rigid controls. This method achieves extremely close inside uniformity from breech to muzzle.
- Finished barrels are air-gauge inspected with a sensitivity of .00005" (five-one-hundred-thousandths!)
- All barrels undergo 6X borescope inspection.
- Calibers from .22 through .30 have groove tolerances within .0005" and uniformity within .0003".
- No straightening is done, and all barrels are completely stress-relieved.
- All stainless steel barrels are hand lapped at the factory.
Only those barrels passing all spec tests are offered to the trade. Any barrel even slightly “suspect” is restarted through the production process and bored to a larger caliber. This rigorous quality control ensures that we maintain our high standards and reputation.
Specifications
- Material: 4140 chrome-moly or 416 Stainless Steel
- Metric: 1" (2.5cm), 1 lb. (.45kg)
Special Orders
If no Stock # is shown in the chart, that barrel must be ordered on a Special Order basis. Special Orders require full payment in advance and are non-cancelable and non-refundable. Please allow 8-10 weeks for delivery. Note that items are not shipped prepaid.