Cheaper to rebore in my opinion.. Turn around time with JES is very quick too.. I know some of you guys don't live as close as I do to them, but I could take a rifle to them and have it back in less than a week. If I had a smith re-barrel one of my rifles, it would cost a minimum of $150.00 and the barrel itself would cost about $400.00 for a good barrel.. There's also the fact that if you just have the std. wt. barrel rebored, you still have the use of the factory irons. Kind of a win win the way I see it. How much would it cost to buy a barrel, add iron sights and have your smith install it for you, vs. re-bore of about $250.00???
