While I can’t provide a long term/hard use review, I recently installed med profile 16" mid-length SS 1/8 on my wife’s build and it is very accurate both with match and ball ammo. 1.6 MOA at 100 meters with M193 PMC and .9 MOA with reloads (55g) 5 shot groups. Only have 250rds through it and so far I am happy. I was waiting for Rainier to get the select series back in and finally gave up and ordered a BHW. For the price and CS I don’t think you could go wrong.
I have been using BHW barrels for 4ish years now and have had nothing but good luck with them. Two(14.5 carbine/16 mid)have over 1k through them, do not get regular cleaning, and have remained as accurate as they were from day 1 if I do my part. YMMV
What did you end up going for, DPM?
Anyone have experience specifically with their .308 barrels?
I am considering one, but haven’t found any feedback on them, let alone over the long-term.
I can not speak to for the 308 barrel but I can talk about a 300 win mag and 6.5 Grendel barrel.
The 300 win mag has just over 5000 rounds (208 grain at 2925 fps) it has lost about 2% of it accuracy over the years. with that said on a cool summer day with sub 10 mph wind it will still hit 10 out of 10 shots on a 8 inch steel plate at 1000 yards and leave some paint on the outer rim of the plate untouched.
all I do to clean it is run a barrel snake through it five times or so with hopps on it.
the 6.5 G has about 3000 rounds (140 grain at 2580) it will hit the same steel plate 10 out of 10 on a calm, cool day. I have not noticed any lost of accuracy from it yet. i.e. it will still out shoot my ability.
the 300 win is a 26 inch barrel and the 6.5 G is a 24 inch barrel both of them are full bull profiles.
one small note: both barrels came a little over sized for the receivers so hand fitting takes a little work but makes for a great barrel to receiver fit.
hope this helps.
I just picked up a 16" Select for a RECCE build. I’m not finished the build so I don’t know how accurate it is but it looks top notch. I love the profile for a SS barrel. I normally don’t like how heavy they are but this one is pretty light for a SS barrel.
The Select barrel you picked up is from Ranier?
Mark