If the ring is near the muzzle like mine is, you can counter bore back past the ring and re-crown. If it is further back you can cut the barrel off in front of the ring as long as it will leave you with 16+" of barrel from the bolt face. Short barrels shoot just fine and a bloop tube can be added for iron sight radius extension if needed. I'll be doing the work so it's cheap to me, but if you can have it done for less than $100 it might be worth the chance if the rest of the bore is good. A quality re-barrel job is $300+ depending on the blank and who does it.
Last edited by gzig5; 09/01/16.
