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Is reboring a barrel worth it?
15 January 2010, 04:20
flicktIs reboring a barrel worth it?
I have a 308 7600. Is it cost effective or practical to rebore this barrl to 35cal? I would like to shorten the barrel to 16.5"-17"and rebore then rechamber to 358 win. Any ideas or suggestions.
15 January 2010, 04:54
vipAnother way to skin that cat is try to find a 760 in 35 remington then rechamber. That's what I did. Good luck. Paul.
15 January 2010, 04:58
Gatogordo........or find one in .35 Whelen and go shoot it.
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15 January 2010, 05:02
jimatcatcheck out this guy.. he was at DSC...he's gonna rebore/rifle a browning BAR from 7 rem mag to .416 taylor..
http://www.cutrifle.com/reboring.html.
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15 January 2010, 05:20
flicktVIP & Gatogordo, both are good ideas, keep the 308 and add a 358 or 35 whelen either way will work. Duh I must have been on brain freeze for a moment. Glad you guys kept me straight.
15 January 2010, 05:37
fla3006Reboring is a particularly good & cost effective option on a valuable barrel like an oct/rd/ribbed barrel on a pre-war Mauser that has been shot out or corroded, as long as there is enough meat. Some guys also do it on oddball double rifles, or those with bad barrels.
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15 January 2010, 05:46
BuddyK-9It is if you can't ge what you want another way that is less expensive and want to stay with the original barrel contour/markings except caliber. I have had over a dozen barrels rebored by Cliff LaBounty of Maple Falls, WA. Cliff sold all his stuff to Clearwater Reboring in Colville, WA. I hear nothing but good stuff about them. The only issues I had with reboring were when reboring a 1894 or 1892 Winchesters. The barrel metal has intemittent hard/soft spots and the cutters didn't work as well. Cliff was real magician with reboring and I'll bet the guys that went to Clearwater as just as magical.
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