Green Mountain Barrel Company

[todd]

are the blank barrels any good? is there someone else?

thanks!!!

https://www.gmriflebarrel.com/25-round-barrel-blanks/

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

They where a top black powder barrel company. They branched to 10/22 barrels and then CF rifle barrels.

I have a 10/22 and MSR 223/556 barrel. Both work anf shoot very well.

CW

 

[L Ross]

At the suggestion of Keith Kilby at Wyoming Armory I re barreled my 1913 Hi-Wall with a Green Mountain barrel in .22 long rifle. That turned out to be excellent advice.

 

[Bret4207]

I've never head a single bad word about GM.

 

[RicinYakima]

I have three, all are nice shooters. All three blanks were overruns from military contracts, .223" or .308".

 

[Ian]

I used one of their blanks to rebarrel a Savage 1899. Can't think of anything that would have made the barrel blank any better.

 

[RicinYakima]

Also, since the owner of Badger Barrels passed away, C. Sharps Arms is using Green Mountain barrels; that should be a recommendation, I would think.

 

[todd]

i have a carcano m91/38 (35 rem) or a 1916 spanish mauser(93 mauser, 257 bob) that needs rebarreled. i usually go with Douglas, but i want something "cheaper". i guess i am starting an inexpensive "custom" build.

 

[JWFilips]

I have built with Green Mountain barrels in the past...but for black powder use only.
Never knew they made centerfire modern barrels

 

[RBHarter]

It was my understanding that A&B via Midway was either blank supplied or rebranding barrels from GM .

I have a pair in .451× 24" . My guy told me either was good enough for my intention either would be great but he would save the one with "a little more choke" for a different build . Further inquiry revealed that one was .4523 tapered to .4515 and the other was .4515 to .451 . Both are very straight and very flat though a little lapping never hurts anything .
He's opinionated but has a sense of humor in person .
He did say that he would use either on almost any build he was doing where a full dia raw blank was called for with no worries about final results .
I understand that 50% of final results rest on the machine operator and 105% of the satisfaction is in the hands of the guy writing the checks . Your results may vary some .

 

[RicinYakima]

I understand that 50% of final results rest on the machine operator and 105% of the satisfaction is in the hands of the guy writing the checks . Your results may vary some .

So true. 99% of people can't shoot well enough to tell the difference.

 

[Ian]

I wish I'd bought a half-dozen 26" #4 .30 caliber GM blanks when Midway stocked them for $92. Only bought the one, great barrel for the money. I cut it to 20" and with aperture sights I'm not good enough to tell it apart from an $80 AR barrel. I CAN tell that it is straight and has no machine marks at all inside. I don't have an air gauge but it barely takes a .300" minus gauge in either end and was as snug as you like on my fixed-pilot chamber reamer.

 

[Bret4207]

I wish I'd bought 2 or 3 of their 32-20 octagons back when they made them.

 

[todd]

I understand that 50% of final results rest on the machine operator and 105% of the satisfaction is in the hands of the guy writing the checks . Your results may vary some .

So true. 99% of people can't shoot well enough to tell the difference.

i used to be a "one holer guy", but as they say, "been there, done that". to me, the satisfaction just wasn't there anymore. the brass did me in. trim to exact length, neck reaming, weigh the case, weigh the bullet.... i spent more time building the load, than shooting it. my accuracy has gone to heck and back. i could do open/aperture sights are 3 - 4" at 100 yards(3 - 5 shots) and scoped rifles are 2 to 3" at 100 yards(5 shots). anything over that, goes to the "trash heap" and then i start over a new powder.

 

[JonB]

I have had no problems with a GM .920" bull barrel I put on a Ruger 10-22
The machining looks second to none.