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Originally Posted by Mateo
Equipment lists have a lot to do with 'The flavour of the week' kinda thing. Shooters buy what the winners shoot. And the winner buy whatever they are sponsored by or in most cases, whatever has the best marketing campaign at the moment. Almost all major barrel makers have some sort of 'world record' or another claim to fame. You could look at the button vs. cut rifling. There is no proof one is more accurate than the other when done right. It's whatever is most popular. Right now cut rifling is king. Choose your flavour and go with it.
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I would have to disagree with the "flavour of the week " cliche I can see where that would be an observers perspective , but in reality it is the barrel brand that wins that gets used by the top competitors . They will usually chamber barrels from most barrel makers during the off season and test ( that would be now ) the bulk of these shooters can sort a good barrel from practice barrel from a non competitive barrel in about 50-100 rounds . They will usually rank them as follows . Awesome( hummer ,save for nationals ) a really good barrel , used for some practice and big shoots , a good barrel , used for practice and club shoots , everything below good gets parked or sold , it's rare to get a hummer so you take the best you have to the Nationals .
Brand doesn't matter as a good barrel is a good barrel . Makers are always working on making a better product so it moves around from year to year , a big problem in the last few years has been steel quality since crucible went down its hard to get the consistent quality of the steel makers were used to , so this has also added to the problems ,