Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Gunsmithing Rough looking barrel on a new Remington

But is the handle still attached to the bolt body??
(Sorry, couldn't resist.. )


Looks to me like the pilot they used to cut the crown was a tad tight - and burnished the rifling a bit..

Do a new cut/crown and you'll probably be just fine..

That isn't right!
I've inly had one mountain rifle and had a lot of 700's. That Mountain rifle was modified by others by cutting muzzle breaks in the barrel. It shot about a 5" to 7" group off snad bags. I cut the barrel back to 20" and the rifle would put three shots into one inch. But it shot 5 shots into about 3-4"'s.
I'm rebarreling that rifle.
The reason I'm mentioning this is that rifle depreciated in value when I shortened it, on the market anyhow.
If you send it in, you should get a much better barrel/rifle. You could see how it shoots and if it shot to what you'd expect/want then you could shorten it. If not the rifle would still have value on the market
If you shorten your existing rifle, what are you planning on doing with it, if it doesn't shoot to your expectations?