new to forum and already need advice (big suprise) were to have it done i live in salt lake, thanks <img src="http://forums.accuratereloading.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif" alt="Confused" width="15" height="22"><!--graemlin::confused:-->any ideas

get out the yellow pages and look under gunsmiths.....visit them all and talk to them. Ask to see their work. Look around...

Send a PM to 500 grains....he lives there and may have some pointers.....and welcome to AR.

Rebarreling is not difficult.....but it's always wise to check before you leap.

Make sure you ask your prospective smith about the reamer he intends to use. The minimum of information he has to provide (and what you have to decide on), is whether the reamer will cut a standard Weatherby (long) freebore, and whether you are interested in this feature??

Reamers also have a bunch of other interesting dimensions, including neck, shoulder and web diameter. All of which should ideally correlate well to your loaded rounds and or the dimensions of the dies you intend to use. All of this, IMHO; is well worth thinking about before jumping into a custom chamber project. Even to the point, where it might be worth considering the cost of a custom reamer. But that just happens to be one of my pet issues with custom projects.

Naturally, the reamer dimensions won't tell you about the quality of the work, so there are also other criteria involved in the choice of the right smith. But since you are doing this the custom way, don't overlook the chamber dimensions either...
- mike