11-24-2019, 10:09 PM
For hunting,I’d get a pre fit Criterion 18 in Hybrid barrel.Cheapest I’d go.Runs around $270.Everyone is running specials now.You May find a discount code.
$80 higher than what you want to spend.But you will save it in ammo and time.Criterions are hand lapped.Won’t require much break in.25 rds will show you where you’re at.Like others stated time and ammo equals money.And a mass produced rifle may never shoot right.Criterion is proven.I own 6 Criterions at this time.All pre fit barrels I ordered from Brownells or optics planet.All are sub moa.Still not quite up there with a Custon Bartlein or Krieger.But,very respectable with consistent accuracy.
$80 higher than what you want to spend.But you will save it in ammo and time.Criterions are hand lapped.Won’t require much break in.25 rds will show you where you’re at.Like others stated time and ammo equals money.And a mass produced rifle may never shoot right.Criterion is proven.I own 6 Criterions at this time.All pre fit barrels I ordered from Brownells or optics planet.All are sub moa.Still not quite up there with a Custon Bartlein or Krieger.But,very respectable with consistent accuracy.