Precision and Craftsmanship in Every Barrel
Introducing the CONTOUR #3 BARREL from SHILEN, available in both Chrome Moly and Stainless Steel. This barrel is engineered to meet the highest standards of accuracy and reliability, ensuring that your firearm performs at its best.
Unmatched Quality and Attention to Detail
All the loving care of the best stockmaker and the meticulous attention to detail of the 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, not price, determines the quality of a barrel.
However, a customer willing to spend money on a custom gun is shortsighted if they economize by ordering “just any old barrel so long as it’s cheap”. Such requests jeopardize your reputation as a gun builder. As your supplier, we are laying our reputation (and yours, too!) on the line by offering you barrel blanks. They must be good, or we are in trouble! Big trouble! We will never sell you anything but that which will enhance your stature within the trade.
Exceptional Manufacturing Process
Shilen barrels, whether chrome moly or stainless, are rifled with six lands and grooves by the “Cold Forming” process using carbide dies made in Shilen’s own plant under the most rigid controls. This rifling method achieves extremely close inside uniformity from breech to muzzle. Finished barrels are air-gauge inspected (air-gauged sensitivity is .00005" - five-one-hundred-thousandths!) and 6X borescope inspected.
- All barrels, .22 through .30 caliber, 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 started through the production process again and bored to a larger caliber. This rigorous process ensures that quality and reputation are maintained, even if it is slightly more expensive to produce.
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.
Invest in a SHILEN CONTOUR #3 BARREL to enhance your shooting experience and uphold your reputation as a quality gun builder.