Sitting in my hotel room, wife is getting dinner for the mob while my kids proceed to destroy the place.

I notice that Blaser R8's come in some calibers I love.

I think about what I would have to sell or trade to buy the rest of the rifle. I am guessing that at $800 for a barrel I should just stop again.

Anyone that has been dry humped by Blaser's ingenious interchangeability can relate.

I want to cry because I know it will be a long expensive road.

My 3 youngest kids probably don't need to go to college anyway do they?

I bought a set of dies for 6mm-284 once, out of curiosity, then a heavy-barreled 243 followed me home.

Purchased a Jim Wisner made .375 octagon barrel with integral rib, front ramp, and sling swivel. It was in the white. I found it for sale in a gun shop. The store owner had purchased it with a lot of other stuff from a business that had liquidated. I later sent it to Griffin & Howe along with a VZ-24 action and they built a rifle in .375 Wby for me.

Dies, brass and bullets yes. Barrel no

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Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:
Sitting in my hotel room, wife is getting dinner for the mob while my kids proceed to destroy the place.

I notice that Blaser R8's come in some calibers I love.

I think about what I would have to sell or trade to buy the rest of the rifle. I am guessing that at $800 for a barrel I should just stop again.

Anyone that has been dry humped by Blaser's ingenious interchangeability can relate.

I want to cry because I know it will be a long expensive road.

My 3 youngest kids probably don't need to go to college anyway do they?

Might as well give in and stop fighting it...

I've been more than happy with my Blaser R8. If you wanna buy new I would check out EuroOptic..very good service. If you're looking for used Blaserbuds is a good place to join. Once I went Blaser I looked at the rest of the rifles in my safe and wondered what I need them for..

The Blaser Life cycle

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Originally posted by Grenadier:
Purchased a Jim Wisner made .375 octagon barrel with integral rib, front ramp, and sling swivel. It was in the white. I found it for sale in a gun shop. The store owner had purchased it with a lot of other stuff from a business that had liquidated. I later sent it to Griffin & Howe along with a VZ-24 action and they built a rifle in .375 Wby for me.

Grenadier,
I bet that was a very nice rifle. You have good taste.
Wyoming, Save the money and go hunting. The Blaser thing is probably just a passing fancy. If you wait 6 months and still want it, then maybe.

That blaser life cycle thing is funny shit.

I once had 13 barrels and 5 R93 actions. Then in a poof when R93's started blowing up they were sold.

I still have a K95 with 3 barrels and a Sauer 202 with 2 barrels. I hope I never have enough of a week moment to sell either one of them.

I built a 22-378 Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer because I thought it sounded too neat to live without. It WAS a bit of a barrel burner...

I still have the reamers here somewhere.

And I'm building a 425 WR simply because the guy here that had the reamer, form and reloading dies for sale cut the price from $600 in half.

Other than that...

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I am guessing that at $800 for a barrel

Because of this type of barrel pricing I don't buy multi barreled firearms any more.

I just buy another firearm.

Walter convienced me never to own a Blaser, I think Saeed would have to agree with that also!

I once thought I needed a switch barel gun, all I did was end up with the wrong barrel installed when I needed it! Better to have two rifles, or three, or four, even 5, and hopefully more.

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I once thought I needed a switch barel gun, all I did was end up with the wrong barrel installed when I needed it! Better to have two rifles, or three, or four, even 5, and hopefully more.

+ at least 100

IMO...it's not about taking 2 or 3 barrels with you one a hunt and having the wrong barrel on when it counts.

For me its about having one rifle that transforms into the tool I need when its time to pack my bags...and even more important a small compact case for transiting through airports. It just makes travel all that much easier

Like many of you I have a safe full of pretty rifles...but when its time to go they stay and the blaser comes with

Here is the only reason Blaser switch barrels exist; in Europe, people are restricted on how many rifles they can own, so extra barrels might make some sense.
Here, there is no reason to own one, except as curiosities and playthings. If you think you will actually use more than one barrel on a hunting trip, time to return to Earth.
Thompson Contenders fall into this category too; yes, I own them; refer to my "plaything" analogy.
Now, if you like the takedown feature, well, that is another argument.

Have dies, brass, and a couple of boxes of shells for a 257 Roberts. Have never owned the caliber, but looking forward to it.

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Thompson Contenders fall into this category too; yes, I own them; refer to my "plaything" analogy

I have two contender frames and 3 barrels that might be one two many hardly ever had the third barrel on the only reason I haven't sold it a 44 mag a handy cartridge.

But then I have 3 44 mag revolvers that I shoot and use.

I had 7 or 8 barrels sold them never used them.

Should sell the 44 mag barrel also.

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Originally posted by OldFart:
Have dies, brass, and a couple of boxes of shells for a 257 Roberts. Have never owned the caliber, but looking forward to it.

Working on buying a Ruger 77 tang safety in that caliber should have it in a couple of weeks.

I bought a Danny Pedersen intrigal rib, .416 diameter barrel. Then I bought a FN Supreme action that was originally a early Weatherby. They will be joined into a 416 Rigby.
Doug

We made a barrel barrel for a customer in 6.5 Creedmoor, oops it was supposed to be a Grendel. The boss gave me a deal on it. So I have a barrel and have been gathering parts one at a time. Now i have them all and need to assemble.

Mark

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Originally posted by dpcd:
Here is the only reason Blaser switch barrels exist; in Europe, people are restricted on how many rifles they can own, so extra barrels might make some sense.
Here, there is no reason to own one, except as curiosities and playthings. If you think you will actually use more than one barrel on a hunting trip, time to return to Earth.
Thompson Contenders fall into this category too; yes, I own them; refer to my "plaything" analogy.
Now, if you like the takedown feature, well, that is another argument.

No this isn't true. There are only certain nations that restrict the number of firearms that a hunter may own. Spain and some Scandanavian countries are that way. I was only allowed to own I think 6 or 7 rifles in Spain.

They like switch barreled guns because they represent a elite engineering format the Germanic Euros like.

The Spanish are big on keeping up with the Joneses.

Another barrel in most nations equals another rifle.

The arguement of a limited number of guns is a wives tail for most of Europe.

I still have a brand new M 70 Push Feed 375 H&H barrel that has been rechambered to 375 Wby that has never been fired if anybody wants it.

Yes we have a max. 3-6 rifles rule but most hunters only have 1-2 barrels for blasers they are popular for being lightweight, have good preccission and are safe to walk with uncocked. We have no use for bad rifles or shotguns because of the limited guncloset space.

BWW,

I think Spain and the Scandinavian countries are still in Europe...

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Another barrel in most nations equals another rifle

Yeah, that is what I said; but another barrel here means another piece of iron. Another rifle, is well, another rifle. I feel sorry for guys who live in places that restrict things.

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
BWW,

I think Spain and the Scandinavian countries are still in Europe...

Kind of you'd have to live there to get what I am talking about.

Mainland Europe is different than Scandanavia and very different than the British Isles. Enough so that many that aren't from Continental Europe make a very distinct notation when discussing them.

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Originally posted by ramrod340:
Dies, brass and bullets yes. Barrel no

I have done this as well....

Barrels and bolts are not counted as a rifle in sweden its the action who is. Most hunters dont feel restricted in their hunting by the number of rifles they are allowed to own its just you cant have guns because of sentimental reasons. Competition handguns and rifles are allowed then you have a need for them(and smg).

I have a 32" stainless Krieger 1.25" blank, 1/9, that I still haven't used. It was going to be carved up to become a custom machined tapered octagon with integral quarter rib, sling stud, and front sight hence the extra size. The extra length was to become a stub barrel for fireforming (no such thing as an SBR here). Then the whole project changed and I still have the barrel, it's now casually planned for "Lazerbeam", a 4,200fps .25 cal mountain rifle idea I'm considering playing with.

Yes.

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Wonderful

Have I ever bought a barrel for a rifle I didn't own? Yes.

Have I ever bought a barrel for a rifle that I didn't eventually own? No!

I have to disagree with the concept of one rifle per hunting trip..I would not go on a major hunt out of the country or on a pack trip locally without two rifles as a rule..For Africa it is usually a .338 and a 40 caliber or something on that order..My light rifle would be picked to have the capability to deal with a Buff or Elephant if need be, but where no dangerous game exists I't could be a 7x57 and a .338...Lots of options.

I have, in many cases, just taken a 375 or a 9.3x62 or even a .416 and made do. Yes, it can be done, but why?, nothing changes except you just have one gun!! I do think 3 guns become a burden under most circumstancesm, two is my recommendation to clients..

The bottom line? Its your hunt, check the regulations, and do as you please, it'll work.

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Originally posted by Terry Blauwkamp:
I still have a brand new M 70 Push Feed 375 H&H barrel that has been rechambered to 375 Wby that has never been fired if anybody wants it.

Damn if I had seen this a few weeks ago I wouldn't have bought a MkII 7mm Rem to turn into a 375 Ruger....as I have a pf Mod 70 I was originally gonna do up in 375 something or other......well may as well ask, whaddya want for it?

PM sent..

Have extra barrels for almost all my bolt guns. Got into this years ago and the sickness is still with me. There is one Rem700 that has .22-250, .243, 6mm-.284, 7mm-08, and .308 barrels. I counted 42 sets of rifle dies the other day. And there is a barrel from a Winchester M70 hanging around somewhere.

Yes, I have a craving. I'm hooked. I need to see a shrink...oh wait, I AM a shrink.

I have two brand new never fired Ruger mark II stainless barrels in 338WM.

That were from rifles use to make a pair of 416 Taylors.

Maybe some day I'll find a MKII with a shot out barrel

A friend gave me a box of 7MM/08 shells now I'm building a rifle to shoot them. Does that qualify?

In 1993 I got a Tikka LSA 55 in 222 Rem. At the gun club a guy had a Sako 222 Rem barrel & claimed that I could just swap the barrels if I wanted a spare barrel. I bought it off him for $140. I soon found out that the dimensions were not the same & I had the barrel for another 10 years before I sold it to a guy who drove his truck over his rifle!!

I had just started shooting centre fire & that was my first CF rifle!

A .17 Remington barrel (factory Remington 700) has just come up for auction. I'm toying up with the idea of buying it as I may build one.

Yep, factory .358 win barrel for pre 64 M70. Also have a 2.5" barrel for a S&W model 66. Already have a complete 2.5" 66, but you just never know.

Bought nice figured walnut stocks that I had no rifle for. Of course then I needed to find a rifle for the stock.