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I'm thinking about having a Weatherby MK V re-barrelled and re-bedded. Any recommendations for a smith?
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Don't know but Weatherby will do it for only 1100 + the turds. Mb
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Douglas barrels
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I have had two rebuilt from the ground up by Weatherby and have been very pleased. One is an Accumark with Desert Camo Stock in .257 Wby and the other is a sister setup in .300 Wby but with a fluted #2 contour and in Desert camo as well. Both were cerakoated black. I really like how the .300 handles. Not too light like the UL with #1 and more portable than the Accumark. I think the Smith's name at the custom shop was Dean. He was great to work with.
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Straight Line Machining ,Greg Wahlstrom 320-272-4897 will cost you half of what Weatherby will do, plus he is a much better Machinist and barrel man. Greg has built National bench rifles that win including 1,000 yard 1st place . Greg has rebarreled 3 - 257 Weatherby and a 338 Lapua that Weatherby sold me and that rifle shot terrible so i had Greg rebarrel the rifle with the same cartridge 338 Lapua now this rifle shoots great. Jerry Siminson who is no longer alive and Greg were great friends in the Machinist barrel world.
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Jim Kobe in Bloomington Mn rebarrel a MK 5 weatherby a couple months ago for a friend.
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Mickey Coleman rebarreled my MK V a few weeks before he passed.
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I recently emailed Weatherby about rebarreling my .300 Wby. mag. to 6.5-300. They quoted me $450 for blued steel, $550 for stainless.
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Mickey Coleman rebarreled my MK V a few weeks before he passed. Well that's helpful. Is it safe for me to assume that since he's passed, he isn't doing as much gunsmithing as before?
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Mickey Coleman rebarreled my MK V a few weeks before he passed. Well that's helpful. Is it safe for me to assume that since he's passed, he isn't doing as much gunsmithing as before? Yes. If you don’t know, Mickey was a fixture here for many years. He built rifles for many members of 24HCF
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Mickey Coleman rebarreled my MK V a few weeks before he passed. Well that's helpful. Is it safe for me to assume that since he's passed, he isn't doing as much gunsmithing as before? Yes. If you don’t know, Mickey was a fixture here for many years. He built rifles for many members of 24HCF I do know. But unless he's going to fly down from gunsmith heaven and lay hands on my rifle, it doesn't answer the original question, does it?
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hookset where are you located ?
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hookset where are you located ? Northeast Florida
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Gordy Gritters is in Edgewater... google Gordy’s gunshop. If you were near KS I’d do it... 
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Gordy Gritters is in Edgewater... google Gordy’s gunshop. If you were near KS I’d do it... Thank you
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I do know. But unless he's going to fly down from gunsmith heaven and lay hands on my rifle, it doesn't answer the original question, does it?
No sir.
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I recently emailed Weatherby about rebarreling my .300 Wby. mag. to 6.5-300. They quoted me $450 for blued steel, $550 for stainless. Sounds about right .
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Hart will do both. I inquired about a full rifle build last year and was surprised how reasonable it was
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Shaen rebarreled a MK V from .270 Weatherby to 7mm Remington (1:8 Brux) and did the commensurate work to make it handle and feed 3.65 ammo. That was about 18 months ago, but his turnaround was quick and his work, outstanding.
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I do know. But unless he's going to fly down from gunsmith heaven and lay hands on my rifle, it doesn't answer the original question, does it?
No sir. Sorry for the smart-a$$ response. It was uncalled for.
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