Elevate Your Craftsmanship with the Shilen Contour #4 Barrel
The Shilen Contour #4 Barrel is designed for the discerning gunsmith who values precision and quality in every aspect of their work. Available in both Chrome Moly and Stainless Steel, this barrel ensures exceptional accuracy and performance.
Product Description
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. The insides of a barrel, that very small and vital area of lands and grooves over which the gunsmith has no control, 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 invest in a custom gun is shortsighted if they economize by ordering “just any old barrel as long as it’s cheap”. Such requests jeopardize your reputation as a gun builder. As your supplier, we stake our reputation (and yours too!) on the quality of our barrel blanks. They must be good, or we are in trouble!
We believe that the Shilen Barrel, crafted for us by Ed Shilen, will enhance your stature within the trade. Shilen barrels, whether chrome moly or stainless, are rifled with six lands and grooves using the “Cold Forming” process with carbide dies made in Shilen’s own facility under the strictest controls. This method achieves extremely close inside uniformity from breech to muzzle.
Finished barrels undergo air-gauge inspection (with sensitivity of .00005" - five-one-hundred-thousandths!) and 6X borescope inspection. All barrels, ranging from .22 through .30 caliber, maintain groove tolerances within .0005" and uniformity within .0003". No straightening is done, and every barrel is completely stress-relieved. All stainless steel barrels are hand lapped at the factory.
Only barrels passing all specification tests are offered to the trade. Any barrel deemed even slightly “suspect” is re-initiated through the production process and bored to a larger caliber. This rigorous process is essential for maintaining quality and reputation. While it may be slightly more expensive to produce, the resulting quality and ultimate performance are vastly superior.
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. Allow 8-10 weeks for delivery. Not shipped prepaid.