Consistently excellent barrels. An actual premium product you can expect top performance from.

 

What 1Merlin said!

for a few more bucks a Lilja barrel. One could expect similar results.

 

I’ve got a 457 with the Lothar-Walther and it’s a tack-driver….

 

is that the factory thread protector from LW?

I’ve got a 457 with the Lothar-Walther and it’s

 

Not on a rimfire, But I have one in 30-284 with the "poly" rifling. Awesome accuracy.

 

For the general reader, as an observation from the "equipment lists" of BR competitions, there haven't been many LW barrels on top-scoring BR rigs used by the most serious of competitors. Of course that's not to say they can't make the most of a CZ rifle and offer real improvement over the factory barrel.

It's always worth keeping in mind that no barrel will make inconsistent ammo perform like something else. No rifle can outshoot the ammo it's given.

 

The original factory CZ barrel is nothing to write home about. The fluted heavy barrel that I later bought is better but not as good as I'd like.

I absolutely agree about the quality of the cartridges. As Willy once said "You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear".

 

This is true..Mine is a medium varmint weight hunting rifle. It'll put 3 in a dime (1/2") at 200. though.

 

i just had one delivered today that was in stock at e.auther brown, just installed it and will shoot some rounds throught it in the am, fingers crossed

 

I would like to hear how your new barrel performs.

 

Happy with mine for the most part. I'm sure the Lilja might squeeze groups down another .1 Moa or something but I'm shooting mostly under .3" at 50 and under 1" at 100 with SK long range. I've had a little better success in the past with Midas but can't find any these days.

 

I am quite pleased with my CZ457 Walther barrel. I would buy from them again.

Cannot remember definitely, but I think KIDD uses them as a blank provider as well.

A few high end airgun manufacturers use them for their OEM barrels IIRC.

 

I am quite pleased with my CZ457 Walther barrel. I would buy from them again.

Cannot remember definitely, but I think KIDD uses them as a blank provider as well.

A few high end airgun manufacturers use them for their OEM barrels IIRC.

I think you're right. I remember reading that somewhere...may have been on Kidd's site. They get their blanks from L.W. Germany, then hand lap them.

I had a L.W. barrel (in .17 HM2) on my 457 MTR (now on a 455 Stainless), and am quite happy with the accuracy. I don't shoot paper, but plinking the primer out of 12 gauge shells at 50 yards is so easy, it's almost boring.

 

I don't own one but do remember reading somewhere recently that a customer got a " sub-par LW barrel" from Optics Planet and LW wouldn't honor the warranty. He stated that they told him they only warranty their barrels when purchased directly. I can't vouch for that info, just passing it on as a data point.

 

The air rifle manufactures that I know of who use LW barrels are Crosman and Daisy on their sporter class target rifles.

 

Air Arms, Airforce, and Benjamin Marauder (as an option) also use Lothar Walther barrels. There are probably more.

 

I have a WL barrel , 16 inches , stainless. It is Quite

accurate, just too short for me to be accurate with it . As for CZ barrels , i find the 20 inch very very accurate, but the most accurate for me are the 24 inch Heavy Taper.
Thats what they put on their Precision Trainer's.

 

I have one, and I can't say it is more accurate than the CZ barrel, but it does balance much better in the KRG stock. Overall I am glad I bought it.

 

I have one on a CZ455 and I am very happy with it. Bore scope showed no imperfections to my eye. And the leads into the rifling was the dead even the most square cut I have seen. And yes I have looked at a lilja and others the same way.

 

Mine isn’t a 22lr but I’ve been very pleased. I had a 457 scout and wanted it to be hm2. So I ordered a 16 1/4 threaded factory contour. It shoots fantastic!

 

I recieved my LW barrel measured the barrel and action and came up with .046 headspace if my math is correct . It likes sk long range but loves lapua longe range . just for fun i added a .004 bolt shim and the lapua is making some nice one hole groups ,couldn't be happier other then the fact i didnt want a threaded barrel ,imay have my smith cut it back an inch and recrown,also my barrel has no markings for caliber or maker but i dont care about that now. Stay safe all

 

If its shooting well I wouldn't but its your gun so.....

 

My HM2 barrel is marked for caliber, and has the LW shield, but it is very lightly engraved, and way out on the muzzle end. I thought that kind of odd...

 

it seems strange that at least the caliber isn'y at least stamped but like i said it shoots so good i dont care ,anyone elses barrel not marked?

 

Man if it was shooting good I would not touch it could mess with the harmonics. Learn from my mistake I had a 452 that hammered had it threaded and had to buy a tuner to get it to shoot CLOSE to what it did previously.

 

well crap who make a good looking thread protector ? lol

 

I put the thread protector that came on my Kidd threaded barrel on mine for now. Got the Walther one ordered. It fits, looks nice but the barrel diameter on the lothar is a bit smaller than the Kidd protector.

 

I have a LW barrel on my Vudoo. It is very accurate.
Gilbert

 

I don't know if it has changed but both Kidd and Volquartzen start with LW blanks. Both are super accurate. However, as previously mentioned, a review of equipment listings from top BR shooters shows Lilja as the preferred barrel.

 

I have one on one of my 457s and it initially suffered from extraction problems:
On a clean chamber after only 5-6 rounds, so with just a touch of fouling it would stop extracting, and I decided to make a jig in order to polish the chamber from the correctly sized felt tip and a drill stop so the tip wouldn't go past the leade area. I used Flitz which, depending on who you talk to runs 6,000 - 8,000 grit (Simichrome and Mag polish are ~ half that, more abrasive).
Anyway, the op worked, even if at a cost - one of the most esteemed RFC members and my favorite posters called me "Bubba" 🤦‍♂️, but now the rifle with that barrel hangs right in there with the 3 Liljas, and I do recommend the LW barrels.
One thing already mentioned above that imo is worth repeating is that, depending where/how you buy it it may or may not come with a thread protector - mine didn't and it took me every bit of $150 in various protectors that based on the stated dimensions should fit but didn't to finally find one that was "ok".
Here is something else to consider, you are saving... $170 (not including the protectors 🤦‍♂️) over the Liljas and imo this amount should be put in the context of one's small arms budget . Neither one is in stock right now btw.

 

A previous question asked about markings and thread protector….here’s mine

Ahhhh, primers….a group were shooting an extremely accurate scoped 52 Winchester.

Einstein decided to stick a .50BMG in a hole in the pallet they were using as a target board and 1st shot hit the primer.

Without injury, there miraculously appeared a hole in the side of the house…..right between everybody

 

i couldn't get a reply from lothar walther so i purchased one from lilja works fine