Greg (gt) did and showed the transfer bar. 
Bob

Greg must have missed this post or I’m sure he would have chimed in.

Here’s a post of his that shows the transfer bar.

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Bob

Thanks everyone. It is something I just want to try. Pictures are worth a thousand words. Thanks Mr "GT" for your input. Can anyone recommend a good barrel?


JMH

I will check into one...


JMH

marlinguy wrote on Mar 20^th, 2025 at 12:07pm:


My range test went great with the GM barrel yesterday. Used standard velocity Aguila Extra and shot it at just 25 yds., and 20 shots all were in a group under .465" With target ammo, and a better rest I think it will do close to this at 100 yds., but I need to take several brands next trip to see.

If you want an average rifle, use a GM barrel.  If you want a match grade rifle, you've got better odds of getting there if you use a match grade barrel, but the cost is of course higher, by $250 or so.

My choices would be Benchmark, Lilja, Mark Chandlyn, Douglas, Shilen before GM.   

I would probably try BRC before GM.  I've never had one, but think they're a good gamble.

Like Marlinguy, I have GM .22 barrels on some of my rifles.  They're decent accuracy wise.  I have two for my 44 Stevens, one for scope and one for irons. 
The one with an Unertl scope on it benches maybe 1 inch 5 shot groups consistently at 100.  The iron barrel is similarly accurate, but not as accurate as my homemade liner using a Redmans liner in my rolling block.  I haven't shot either for years, as they won't compete with my other rifles.  My Lilja Ballard will do about 3/4" consistently, maybe  bit better.  My Chandlyn barreled bench gun is capable of national benchrest winning accuracy.   

I also sold probably 30 GM .22 rf barrels when I was custom contouring and selling barrels.  The ones on my rifles were pulled from that stock.  I think they're a great barrel (for the money).  If you leave off the disclaimer (for the money), they don't compete.  If you put the cost before the accuracy, they win every time over pretty much anyone else.   

Really a choice of what's most important to you: money or accuracy.   

If I want to shoot the most accurate rifle, I'll pick my Lilja barreled or Chandlyn barreled rifles above all the others, as well as a factory Anschutz.  If I was building an accurate .22 rifle from the barrels I have on hand, I'd use a Flash Ebert barrel I have on hand, a Mark Pence barrel I have on hand, a Badger I have on hand, or I'd order a Benchmark barrel.   

If I wanted a nice looking octagon barrel but wasn't concerned with match accuracy, I'd use a GM octagon I have on hand.  The only way I would use a round GM barrel is if I needed the cost to come in under $125 for the barrel.   

For my wife's .22 low wall I'm working on now, I intend to either mill the Pence barrel octagon, or use the Badger, which is already octagon.

Another option for the rf barrels that I have had very good luck with is a RKS barrel.  A member here suggested I try a gain twist from him, that was nearly 8 years ago.  Since then, I've used 7 of his barrels on my builds and 5 of my students have installed them on their builds and I don't believe there's been a complaint one.  To date, my best shooter is on a build I shoot bottle caps with.  It's not a vintage rifle but that game is a little different.  It's a 1:16, LH, GT, at 30" and this combination has kept me at and below our set Mendoza line.  I have been competing with a Lilja barrel on a vintage build for both silhouette and long range and I can't complain about it's performance either.  A few of my more recent builds are a mix of Lilja, RKS, Barlein, Shilen and BRC barrels - a RKS is on a build that will be tried this weekend if the stars align right...   
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