Re-boring a rifle barrel.
I'm looking for someone to rebore a rifle barrel, from .257 to .338.
Anyone familiar with anyone or business that does reboring?
Anyone familiar with anyone or business that does reboring?
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It would be more economical to rebarrel as .338. What cartridge do you plan to use? The only one that I know of that uses the same base is a wildcat. If you want to change to a .338 Win Mag, the bolt face and feed rails need to be altered, if your action is long enough to handle the cartridge. Douglas supplies barrels that are contoured, threaded, and chambered in many profiles. They only need to be final fitted by a gunsmith. 0 -
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I got to ask, after you got my curiosity up. I take it the rifle has a fixed barrel? thus requiring a rebore and not a rebarrel?
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FrancF - Current barrel is 25-06, 20 inch Manlicher. Friend wants to keep the barrel due to contour ffitting the current custom stock. Wants to go to .338/06. Figured it would be cheaper than new barrel with the
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Douglas also offers custom profiled barrels if the original is supplied. Check out their prices on their web site. 0 -
BT99- Got ya, Now that is a project![:D]
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I had a Remingtom M742 .30-06 rebored and rechambered to .35 Brown-Whelen in 1977. Robert Snapp of Claire, Michigan did the work. At that time, he was the only one I could find with a headstock big enough to pass the gas lug of the M742 barrel. I assume he is either dead or retired by now, but his shop may still be in existence.
A search on the web may turn up someone with reboring capabilities. As I recall, there were lists in the back of Gun Digest of gunsmiths who did that kind of work, but I have not looked for years to see if those lists are still there.0 -
any decent gunsmith can contour a barrel to fit the stock,..and the new barrel will no doubt shoot circles around the old barrel. It is not an easy thing to take a barrel off,..then index it in the deep hole drilling machine,..then take and index it in the button rifling ram,..then after a setback,.. length cut at the muzzle (to make up for the button wobble) recrown it,..rechamber it,..and then reinstall it. This is all considering the original factory barrel is even remotely straight (not likely with a factory barrel). Your labor will amount to more than a new barrel custom fitted. Anyone who says they can deep hole drill and button a barrel for less than a new one knows something I don't. your friend will lose NO LESS than 1.060" of barrel (.060" setback and 1" off the muzzle). That is essentially the cost of a barrel,..the material is a small percentage. Have him call PacNor,..they will custom contour a barrel, true the action, and install it for ~$400. Tell your bud to sell his barrel to recoup some of the money for the new barrel and that makes it even sweeter.
The reason no-one knows much about reboreing is due to the labor making it cost prohibitive. Old barrels are tomato stakes or re-bar for concrete pads. No offense,..I am simply trying to point out how much cheaper it is to go with a new (better) barrel.
Need a gunsmith? let me know, I have a superb guy for your friend..
why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
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LaBounty Precision in Maple Falls Wa. 1-360-599-2047. Does good work. The biggest problem is that he does them by caliber bunches because it is time consuming to set-up for one barrel at a time in a different caliber. Call and talk to Cliff and he could probably tell you when he will be doing 338 caliber next.
Redmans' Rifling and Reboring in Omak Wa. 1-509-826-5512. Haven't spoke with them in year so i don't know if that number is current or not. They are much faster than LaBounty's.
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BT99 -I commend you on your GS ethics. BTW thanks for the help with the Model 12 plug issue. bet its been 18+ years since I have pulled mine down. [:D][8D][^]
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Al Seigrest (Seigrest machine and gun) in Prescott, MI (he has Snapp's old machinary). There's also a guy (Fred Wells?) in Prescott, AZ that does it. I can get you the contact information if you desire.
Other than barrel length changes, you also need to consider the wall thickness, you may not have enough barrel left for safety when it's done.
Any true gunsmith (as opposed to the "Bubba" types) can match the conture of the old barrel, or if the barrel needs to be slightly larger in diameter, fit the old stock to the new barrel. Like JustC, I can put you in touch with a quality gunsmith if you desire.
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BT99,
With all due respect to JustC and the incredibly valuable information that he has on many shooting subjects, in this one particular case, he is wrong. Please don't be offended, but someone has led you astray. Please, you need to visit this website then call Dan and get the straight information. This process of re-bore has been done for decades and works quite well.
http://www.cutrifle.com/
Re-boring is done to save contours, save original roll printing and expensive original sights and swivels. It is less than putting on a new barrel by approximately $100.00 complete. Check out this website above.
Cliff LaBounty is retired and has sold his shop.
Redman's still does re-boring.
Al Seigrest is still in business.
Dan Pedersen is the barrel maker for Fred Wells. Dan owns and operates Classic Barrels at www.cutrifle.com
If a longer, more detailed explanation is needed, call Dan or I can help explain most of the process. Use my e-mail contact in "profile".
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