Welcome to the Huntback Country podcast presented by Exo Mountain Gear.

Today's conversation, we talk about pre-fit rifle barrels,

what they are, what their benefits are, and how you could use one to potentially upgrade

your current rifle or build a new rifle. This idea of a pre-fit rifle barrel and

assembling a rifle yourself sounds very intimidating,

but having done it myself several times now, it's actually incredibly easy and straightforward.

There's just some key things to know.

Today we discuss what you do need to know with Jaden from West Elk Precision.

I've known Jaden for several years now and just appreciate his knowledge, his expertise, and how willing he has to share it. He's a great

shooter, hunter, and gunsmith. Having personally gone through the process of purchasing factory

rifles off the shelf, upgrading

factory rifles over time, and then go in the full custom route on a gunsmith build,

I've come to realize that pre-fit barrels are a great middle ground. They're the great

sweet spot between a factory rifle and a fully custom rifle. And I love

the options and opportunity that they open up for you and for me as regular hunters who are not

gunsmiths to really build what we want and even change it over time. We'll get into all that and a whole lot more

in this conversation. And I also want to let you know that I have a write-up that goes with this

podcast. So if you want links to resources, if you want to see the process of installing a

pre-fit barrel, if you want to understand everything that's required.

We talk about it in this conversation, but we show it more at the link in the show description

where you can see some photos and video and links to specifics.

So be sure to check that out if you're interested.

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