An excellent choice! I have been thinking of having my Remington 760 rebored to 338-06 also.
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Posts: 8351 | Location: Jennings Louisiana, Arkansas by way of Alabama by way of South Carloina by way of County Antrim Irland by way of Lanarkshire Scotland. | Registered: 02 November 2001
Hoehne, either way will work. There's a fellow in Saskatchewan who does reboring. You can find his ad in this month's Canadian Access To firearms. I don't know what it would cost, or if it is cheaper than rebarreling. If you don't get CAF, let me know and I'll dig up the ad for you and post it (or at least the name and number). - Dan
Posts: 5285 | Location: Alberta | Registered: 05 October 2001
Hoehne, Since you are from Calgary you should contact Ron Smith up in Wimborne. I think the phone listing is in Torrington. He makes excellent barrels and also rebores. Regards, Bill
Reboring is very, very, veeeery expensive. The only reason to do it is with a fancy barrel that has intregal ribs, ramps, fancy contours and such. It is not a reasonable thing to do with a modern factory barrel.
Posts: 813 | Location: Left Coast | Registered: 02 November 2000
Mark, Ron was injured a few years back on a hunting trip but recovered well and is making barrels which are as good or better than ever. I really think he makes barrels as good as anyone. I'll be going up in a week or so to pick up some he has ready for me and do some fitting for him to allow him to catch up on his barrel making and reboring. The barrel I'm currently using on my short range BR rifle shoots as well as any Hart I have had in the past and my gain twist 6.5 is one of the most accurate hunting rifles I have ever had. On top of this he is a great guy! Regards, Bill.
Re-boring is not very very expensive. I belive my quote to re-bore was like $200-250 as I recall.
Besides on a BLR I believe the bolt locks up into a tang on the bbl. So re-barreling a blr is a kinda a special job.
If you muzzle is .338+.13+.13 or basically greater than .60 you should be fine. If you muzzle is leass than that you may just want to have them take a 1/2 inch off the bbl length and you should be fine.
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