Barrel accuracy comes from using the highest quality materials and manufacturing methods. Ed Brown Products is committed to both. Ed Brown barrels are completely manufactured in-house by their own craftsmen, using the most modern CNC machinery and manufacturing methods available. The barrels are made from T-416 modified, gun barrel quality stainless steel bar stock, just like a benchrest rifle barrel. This is without a doubt the best and most reliable way to produce top quality barrels. No forgings are used to try to save a buck. T-416 is certified pure, there are no foreign materials, and no hard or soft spots to worry about. It is stress-relieved and heat-treated prior to final rifling and refinishing. Ed Brown barrels are precision machine cut from a 3 pound chunk bar of this top quality steel.Ed Brown barrels are rifled by precision broach in the original six lands and grooves, one turn in sixteen, left hand twist as originally designed by John Browning. This deep cut, broached ...