Monthly Archives: March 2017

Articles, Industry Partner News, News

Criterion Barrels Partners With OpticsPlanet in Distribution of AR Barrel Models

Posted on by Criterion
27
Mar

Criterion Barrels, Inc. is proud to announce its latest distributor partnership with OpticsPlanet. OpticsPlanet is a privately held online retailer of shooting, hunting, military, law enforcement, eyewear and laboratory equipment. The company is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, and operates a number of specialized online destinations, as well as its flagship store OpticsPlanet. Criterion will be […]

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AR-15 & 308 AR, Articles, Reviews, Technical Articles, Videos

Criterion vs. CHF: A Public Service Announcement Recommending Educated Barrel Buying

Posted on by Criterion
15
Mar

One of our new employees brought in his personal rifle build featuring a premium cold hammer forged rifle barrel for a quick barrel swap. After disassembling the rifle we took a look inside with a bore scope and were suprised by what we found! It wasn’t long before we had it mounted on a demo […]

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Articles, Bolt Action Rifles, Media Reviews, Reviews, Technical Articles

Criterion Barrel Goes Head To Head With Krieger & E.R. Shaw In 6.5 x 47 Lapua Barrel Comparison

Posted on by Criterion
13
Mar

Writer Norman Johnson recently prepared a detailed report for www.loaddata.com outlining barrel and handload performance with three barrel blanks supplied by Krieger, Criterion, and E.R. Shaw. Starting load results were supplied utilizing a variety of bullet types (without optimizing powder charge weight and seating depth). Both the Criterion and Krieger barrels averaged groups under .5 […]

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