http://www.montanarifleman.com/
Click on specials ...

Thanks for the heads up. Shane took my order and Mr. Burns will get to put it together!
Merry Christmas from the redneck riviera!

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Originally posted by 22WRF:
what does "UNRIFLED" mean?

I would think smooth bore Thats why I didn't get to crazy about it.

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Originally posted by 22WRF:
that is what I thought too, but then why do they list a bore and groove diameter, and also tell you to refer to another page for "Twist" rates?

Something is screwed up there.

I was just going to post about that. How do you have:
UNRIFLED - UNCONTOURED BARREL BLANK BLOW OUT SALE

and list:

BORE GROOVE DIAMETER LENGTH SS or CM QUANTITY

????????????????

I guess that means call us

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I was just going to post about that. How do you have:
UNRIFLED - UNCONTOURED BARREL BLANK BLOW OUT SALE

Frank, I think that the proper name for that would be, PIPE.

Keith

no ..
READ them gents ..

you are buying for 49.95, a rifled blank, and for 20 more bucks, they will contour it.

Might be a good deal for someone that wants to build a musket!

i had assumed they were barrels that were ready for another barrel maker to button rifle. But offering contouring as an extra does not fit because as far as I am aware button rifling is always done on a straight barrel followed by contouring and stress relief.

They are trying to see how many they could sell
then put the rifling in. I'll agree that is a wrong to sell them if thats what they are doing.

Buy the barrel blank select your twist rate and the contouring is extra. Is how I read it.

What would you do with a 17" 30 cal. barrel??

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Originally posted by ramrod340:
Buy the barrel blank select your twist rate and the contouring is extra. Is how I read it.

yep -- that's EXACTLY what the deal is ..

Isn't that still a good price though?
Peter.

Mountains out of mole hills and ASSumptions.
You call and tell them what you want. They check inventory, ask you what contour and twist rate you want and tell you how long b/4 you get your new ULTRA CHEAP barrel. Took all of 7 minutes!
It's not that difficult!

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Originally posted by Peter:
Isn't that still a good price though?
Peter.

Yes, and their barrels seem to have a good reputation. At least no one here has complained and more than a few AR posters have bought barrels or barreled actions from them.

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Originally posted by Hog Killer:

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I was just going to post about that. How do you have:
UNRIFLED - UNCONTOURED BARREL BLANK BLOW OUT SALE

Frank, I think that the proper name for that would be, PIPE.

Keith

Seamless tubing, Keith

DAMMIT!!!!! They sold both blanks last week for my caliber!

I guess by "Unrifled" they mean "Not attached to a rifle".

I just ordered a 500/510 x 15" twist (that's the fastest they offer). A little note of caution: the fellow on the other end said "let me check and make sure we can rifle those; I haven't done a fifty yet" so there are some in the pile of unrifled blanks with dimensional issues. Also, there is a 4-6 week delivery 'cause they're in the middle of a production run right now so don't be in a hurry if you need rifling.

The other issue with the fifties is the $20 contour offer isn't good on them. It's $60.00 for a fifty cal and they won't contour lighter than 1.20 at the muzzle. That's way too heavy for me and I'll spend a little more if I can get it the way I want somewhere else.

I had to pass on the .475 due to contour ... yes, you can change it later, but no, I won't ..

i like lighter than normal guns!

What you do is hang on to it (uncontoured) for a little while and send it to Danny when you're ready to have all the bells and whistles turned on it, Jeff!

I just ordered barrels for a .458 and a 9.3

The unrifled barrels are bored, but not rifled or heat treated.

I'm doing something wrong, I can't find it. The only specials I saw were for a completed rifle. Can someone link me?

just got off the phone and they will rifle to standard twist then ship Clint

I just ordered two contoured blanks on the phone.

(408) 755 - 4867

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Originally posted by euge:
What would you do with a 17" 30 cal. barrel??

308 Win? Or cut it down under 16" for a single shot pistol like a savage striker perhaps?

7.62x25 or a .308 x39 on a cz/minimauser

Their barrels shoot VERY well in 416 remy with their action

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Originally posted by tiggertate:
Yes, and their barrels seem to have a good reputation. At least no one here has complained and more than a few AR posters have bought barrels or barreled actions from them.

I have one chambered to 404 Jeffery.....and it's just fine with me!

I put in an email, hopefully I didn't miss out!! The 3 I am interested in have quite a few in stock...but they're also popular.

Too bad there were no 404 barrels I would've had my poor mans 404 up and running soon.

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I am quite sure that Montana Rifle Company would not send out a barrel that had not been properly treated, whatever that entails.

I called and inquired about the unrifled barrels yesterday morning. This is what I was told and I passed it along. It seems that they are finishing the barrels before selling them.

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Originally posted by Fjold:
I just ordered two contoured blanks on the phone.

(408) 755 - 4867

Glad to help, though *MY* recomendation may be a bit shakey, no?

In a couple years, i may change my opinion

Thanks for the heads up! I just ordered 10 barrels 6.5 thru .458 in the twists that I wanted. Great deal! Now I can build some unusual rifles, like a .45 ACP, without worrying too much about cost.....Tom

Well they were out of 308 28" Guess I won't be rebarreling my 300 from 24 to 26 but I can live with that.

I DID however, pick up my .366 barrel!! Thats going to be a 9.3x62 on a SS Win 70 Classic, with SS barrel. Went with 24" barrel, but will probably have it cut to 23" for personal handling dimensions.

He said the 243 are SCARCE, 257, 284 and 308 are pretty much gone in the longer lengths, guess they've been running this deal for 6 weeks now.

Only problem I saw with the deal was that their barrels stop at 50 caliber . Otherwise excellent deals.
Rodney.

Got a call fom the Montana guys today.

They were going to rifle my barrel that I bought right after this was posted. That's pretty quick for $50.

To bad the button for the twist rate I wanted is busted...

Ralf,

See my post in the med bore forum, I got the same call today.

Thanks!
I picked up two blanks I was needing for project guns thay have been sitting around. Now I don't have any excuse for leaving them sit