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As the title says, I am looking for a quality gunsmith to recahmber my .223 barrel to .223AI as well as to retaper it. Thanks
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There are a "few" good ones on here.  Rather than recommend one over another and possibly cause friction  , I'll let them chime in themselves. Another to consider, who doesn't post here that I know of, is I.T. & D. Custom Gun in Ohio. www.itdcustomgun.com He normally deals in new Douglas barrels, so not sure if he does recontouring (the rechamber part shouldn't be a problem).
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If you want both, you should get a new barrel blank. I sure wouldn't do that to an existing barrel.
Butch
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If you want both, you should get a new barrel blank. I sure wouldn't do that to an existing barrel.
Butch Butch.. If the exsisting barrel shoots really well and has a low round count, why not?
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lite2shoot recommends a good guy. I think if you shortened it 1.5" and rechambered it would be OK. If you spent the money to recontour it may quit shooting and you will have a lot of money in a used barrel.
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lite2shoot recommends a good guy. I think if you shortened it 1.5" and rechambered it would be OK. If you spent the money to recontour it may quit shooting and you will have a lot of money in a used barrel.
Butch Well , you are right Butch about the recontouring.. The way the barrel was made dictates if it will propably tolerate much metal to be removed from the outside. Cut rifled or good button rifled barrel that has been stress relieved would proabbly be OK. The problam with most factory tubes these days is that they are hammer forged and many of them start doing strange stuff when too much metal is turned off the oruside. Actually no matter how any barrel is made, the outside contouring needs to be done slowly with only a bit of metal removed with each pass.
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