TN barrel builder FJ Feddersen coming out with new 10/22 barrel

[graycrait]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU-CZHj188g

[plinker4life]

I'm confused.......is this a new barrel they are making? Or just a new name for the barrels that they are already selling?

[Dolomite_supafly]

I have spoke to him. I met him while waiting on a flight to DC. He seemed like a great guy and was pleasureable to chat with. He made his money desiging and selling machines for the bowling industry. And then he came up with a revolutionary, according to him, way to rifle barrels. He patented it and uses it to make his barrels. He wouldn't get into details but he said it is quicker than conventional rifling and much better. He claimed that his barrels will hold down to a micron when air gauged. He also said they are the straightest bores anyone makes.

 

I have shot one of his barrels. It was a custom twist barrel for Aguila SSS rounds. The accuracy was ok but I think it had more to do with the Aguila ammo than his barrels.

[graycrait]

It appears he is making a new barrel.  I did a google search for Feddersen and Raptor barrel.  There are tons of legal references for licensing the name Raptor for the new Feddersen barrel, all in the spring of 2013.  Is the Raptor manufacture process a departure from his current 1022 barrels?  I have no clue.  He is also going to have a limited run of heavy taper barrels that can be used in RFC Super Sport.  Will these be Raptor-like barrels or simply like his other barrels but with a taper, which he already makes according to his website.  I have never heard of anyone talking negatively of anything about him as a person or his products, quite the contrary. I sort of wish I had one of his 1022 barrels but have 4 aftermarket 1022 barrels now as it is, along with one Que'd Ruger barrel.   With the perpetual shortage of .22LR ammo along with "looters" controlling most other existing .22LR ammo, buying another barrel without having access to a wide variety of good sensibly price .22 ammo to match something to that barrel is currently rather pointless. 

[plinker4life]

Found my answer on RFC . Mr. Fedderson said they are the same barrels but new name. His son's wanted to name them.