Thread: Heads-up on Volquartsen THM 10/22 barrels

Originally Posted by PaulNZ

In due course I'll post the shooting results from the Beyer barrel I'm working with now.

As promised, some preliminary results from the Beyer barrel. For those who haven't heard of these before, it's a 4140 steel rifled liner fitted inside a 7075 aluminium blank - similar construction to Whistlepig/Acculite barrels. I ordered a 10/22 drop-in version from Brownells back in May - .22lr chamber, 16.5" length and 0.920" diameter. After being declared lost by USPS, it arrived on my doorstep early November.

It slugged, borescoped and measured up well - a nice change from my experience with the barrels from the previous 2 manufacturers, despite it being the cheapest of the lot! Here it is fitted up to my rifle after the necessary machining, with DPT suppressor and Leupold 2-7x33 on board:



It doesn't have the bling factor of the carbon fibre, but I like the no-nonsense black cerakote.

I put the first shots through it on Saturday. I haven't done any kind of extensive testing - it's barely had a 50rd box put through it yet. It already shows a definite liking for RWS Target Rifle - I fired 3 5-shot groups at 50m straight after getting it on the paper and got 12.0mm, 12.0mm and 7.0mm. I'm happy with that, especially considering I reckoned I could have maybe shaved a few mm off if I'd had a better aiming point. I was using orange adhesive dots on white paper, but forgot to bring sunglasses or a black marker to outline the dot. In the full sun the orange tended to blur against the white paper and it was tough to pick the dot centre on 7x.

I'll hollow-point a 50rd box of the RWS and check that on the target in a few weeks time. So far, a big thumbs-up from me for the Beyer barrel.