Walther barrels rule

[pikeon]

Just put a new Lothar Walther 204 ruger barrel on my savage 110 and couldn't be happier. I went with the 1x10 twist to see if it could shoot the 40 grain Hornadys. I tried them with 26.5 grains of Ramshot TAC and the first three shot group went under a quarter inch. I fired three more groups without letting it cool down and two went right at 1/3 inch and the last just over 1/2 inch. I cleaned it that night and not one bit of copper showed up. These barrels are well worth the money.

[Lee C.]

pikeon, Welcome to the forum. Nice to here your new barrel is shooting good for you. How many rounds have you got through it already?

[pikeon]

I've only shot it fifteen times and these barrels are so smooth a break in period isn't needed.

[Hotshot]

Do they come chambered and ready to screw on? Where do you get these barrels?

[pikeon]

They come prechambered and ready to screw on. I ordered mine directly from Lothar Walther and had it in a week. It cost just under $300 delivered to my door.

[jo191145]

You can also try ferret50.com. Although a week from LW cannot be beat

Pikeon Do you have any "distance to the lands" measurements for us. Wondering how much freebore LW uses on thier reamers.

[pikeon]

I know they have shorter throats than my stock savage 204 barrel. I couldn't get to the lands on the savage barrel. I was was just touching the lands on my walther barrel at 2.380" and tried 2.350" for my 40 grain vmax loads. They shot so nice I haven't messed with the seating depth.

[jo191145]

Thanks for the info.
FWIW DTL's on my Savage is 2.423 with the 40 V-max.
I'm getting the urge to jam!!!