Wilson Combat Enters Remington 700 Barrel Market With Gunsmith-Fit Blanks

Wilson Combat is now making Remington 700 replacement barrels, and the specs they published are less about marketing and more about the unglamorous manufacturing steps that actually determine how a barrel shoots, according to The Firearm Blog.

Key points

• Material and process: blanks are honed 416R stainless, button rifled, and double stress relieved — once at the mill and again after rifling — which The Firearm Blog says addresses the internal stress that can cause a barrel to walk or bend when contoured.
• Fitment: barrels use the standard Remington 700 factory contour from the shank forward, so they drop into existing stocks or chassis without inletting.
• Chamber and install: chambers are cut and left ready for final headspacing to the specific action, meaning gunsmith installation is required rather than a drop-in nominal fit.
• Muzzle and lineup: 5/8x24 TPI threads with a recessed crown, offered in .308 Winchester (1:10 twist, 20 inches) and 6.5 Creedmoor (1:8 twist, 20 or 22 inches), with .25 Creedmoor and .22 Creedmoor coming soon.

Quick take

The caliber lineup is narrow for now, but the details here — honed 416R, dual stress relieving, a recessed crown, and headspacing left to the gunsmith rather than cut nominal — are the kind of quiet quality markers that separate a barrel worth trusting from one you just hope works. Worth watching once these show up on 700s at the range.

Read the full story: thefirearmblog.com