Well, I turned my shiloh over to a smith that I have known for about 35 years. he is going to put a kreiger barrel on it. now, does anyone have any experence with this barrel company??   I have heard that they make very good barrels, but some first hand accounts is better than reading a companys web site, their always the best out there according to themselves!!   It will be nice to pull the trigger on this rifle again, told my youngest son tonite that it was coming to life again, he can't hardly wait!!  (went in the closet when he was 2)  he will be 34 next b-day. a humble thanks in advance to all who will respond to this request.    Dave.

They make some of the best barrels you can get.  I think you'll be very pleased with it.

dave

Your rifle has been sitting in a closet for thirty two years?  Whats the story behind that? Why does it need a new barrel? Rusty?

          Joe.   

JLouis wrote on Oct 15^th, 2012 at 6:41am:


Correct spelling is KRIEGER and not KREIGER. Don't mix it up, its a German name...

          Biggi. 

Douglas, smooth finish inside with their button rifling process, no break-in needed, no leading, I have them in .22, .38, .40, and ,45 and every one is excellent.

Westerner,   It's a long story, so I'll make it as short as possible, the first barrel the gun came with was a subbed out barrel of dubious quality, also was a 50-140, no need to go farther than that.  decided that 40-90 would be better for my body so sent the gun to a shop in Indiana where it set for the next 25 mo.s without any work being done to it. had to threaten legal action to get it back, the shop went belly up within the month, close call, next sent the gun to a smith in colorado, he quoted me a price, got the gun and then called me and almost doubled the quote, so I had him send it back.  next was another smith in colorado, that one turned out to have a bad chamber, and started splitting cases within a month.   next was a smith in pennsylvania, had the gun for 7 mo.s, he could do the lenth, the contour, and the fit,  sent the gun back, said he had retired and I would have to have it chambered by some one else, slugged the gun and it was ten thousants under size, thirty nine cal. instead of the forty I had requested.  at this point I was pretty much done with it, and put it in the closet for 32 years.   there is a lot more to this that I have not mentioned, and keep in mind that this all took place pre PC, all was done over the phone or by snail mail.  during all this time I have hoped that one day I could pull the trigger on this gun once more and see the smoke and smell the sulpher once again.   maybe this time??   take care all, wish me luck,    Dave.

Any thought on sending your Shiloh to Shiloh for re-barrelling? I understand their barrels are excellent.

Go back and re-read the original post, the rifle is at the gunsmiths and the smith has his Krieger barrel. The question was about the quality of their barrels and not what he should buy or what he should do. 

J.Louis