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Does the same with the euro-trash Prviz-Prinazi bullets.



Travis

I've had several rebores, one by JES, and all shot well. The JES was a rebore of a 760 Remington .30-06 and it would do an inch or better with most loads. The others were done by Classic Barrel & Gunworks, and shot better than the original barrel, including a .358 STA rebore of a factory Winchester 7mm STW barrel. A friend here in town also had Classic Barrel rebore a .30-06 to .338-06 and it shot very well.

Between myself and two friends, four .270/'06s have been made into three groove 9.3s with stellar results. Turn around is 12-14 days. He's going to get more business from me for sure. I've got a .30-30 that needs to become a .356.

For the OP it sounds like a rebore is the perfect idea to me.

Not a JES rebore…



hammer-forged stainless, but it shoots well enough for whatever a 358 Norma is good for. I could have saved some time and paid a bit more to just have Pac-Nor rebarrel it and had a good barrel.

The $225.00 includes the shipping back to me. I think his prices are great, actually, and I appreciate the comments and replies from all.

This Santa Fe Mauser is a tack driver in '06, but I have others the same, including a 3-digit 1936 Mdl 70. The bluing is 90% or a bit better on the action and barrel, I installed a Tinmey trigger, and it has a low safety from the Santa Fe original conversion. The action is an unknown military 98; Santa Fe used a lot of different ones, I hear. It also has a front sight, like Browning FNs, so I can add an open sight or receiver sight...probably the open sight for my tastes.

I have a new stock with a semi-hog back and cheek piece that is from Interarms I'll bed for this barreled action. The original stock was a nicely figured dark honey-blond, but like so many highly figured stocks, it came apart. Someone glued at it, or I would have repaired it.

I'll tell you folks how it shoots as a 9,3X62 in a few weeks.

Now, I need to find something to sacrifice from my gun safes to fund this moderate project.

JES has done 3 Marlins for me.You can get the twist rate you want.He did one in 38-55,356 Win and 375 Win.They are all super accurate with lead boolits!!!!

not nitpicking but simply curious. What do you consider super accurate with cast bullets?

No. I have a number of rebores, one being a 9.3x62 on an FN done in 2000. My rifle rebores were all done by Cliff LaBounty and all shoot exceptionally well. I also have a couple of sixgun rebore that were done by Al Siegrist and they too shoot well. Go for it.

You have to realize they all wear peep sights.usually around 1 1/2" at 100.I like to shoot at gongs out to 600 yards offhand.That 38-55 hits them pretty regular out there!!!

I have had two 30-06's , an old, well worn pre-64 M-70 and an Enfield, rebored to 9.3x62 and have been more than happy with both. And for $225 I might even start looking around for another beater to rebore.

Cool. I shot irons in competition for years. Can't say that irons are much less accurate than optics at least the years I shot them. Could generally shoot 1/2-3/4 inch groups with them at 100 yard matches.

Norm Johnson did for me:

- 700 Classic 300 H&H to 400 H&H
- 1903 sporter from 30-06 to 35 Whelen
- Browning High Wall from 25-06 to .411/40-82

All, in spite of big holes would cloverleaf three premium bullet @100.

Back in the day, Cliff did an odd ball German Commission actioned single shot rifle that was a black hole from some oddball metric to 9x57. Weighed nothing, had DSTs, leaf sight to 500 meters and exhibited wonderful Guild rifle workmanship.

Was a ball with light loads and cast bullets.

If I had the OPs rifle I would not wait a NY minute.

Are you referring to ditches and grooves like I pictured in my previous post?

How's this, rost....JES rebore of M36 Marlin from 30-30 to 38-55.





Just messing with you. I did shoot that 3 shot group at 100 yds but am not crazy enough to claim it is representative of the rifle's accuracy. This rebored Marlin is the best cast bullet shooter I've ever messed with. Here is the next target I shot that day:







Needless to say, I highly recommend JES's work.

Jess rebored a Marlin 30TK to .375 winchester for me and it shoots great. I wanted a straight stock, 2/3 mag tube and short barrel, and there is basically no other way to get a .375 win in this particular configuration. Not only was Jess affordable his turnaround was less than 2 weeks.

I have a winchester 64 I am going to send to him to rebore to 38-55 and a Mannlicher stocked Whitworth that will go from 30.06 to .35 Whelen or 9.3 X 62 when I make up my mind.

When he did my 375 Whelen it was 10 days from my door back to my door.

When Cliff LaBounty did my 35 Whelen, I spent quite a bit of time picking his brain about the process. He indicated that if a rifle shot well prior to a rebore they generally shot well after the job. That was certainly the case with both of mine. The 30-06 that LaBounty did was a tack driver and it shoots just as well as a 35 Whelen. The Sedgley that became a 375 was a 1-1.5" rifle prior to the rebore and gives the same results now.

My JES rebored 270 Tikka was more accurate after the rebore to 35 Whelen.

Had noting but great results with JES. I'd do a 9.3x62 or 400 Whelen in a heartbeat should the right rifle show up. His turnaround and price cannot be beat.

Cool, that one shoots well. I have an old lever gun too, is the reason I was basically asking about how it turned out.

Some perfect opportunities:
700 ADL in 06'
721 in 06'
M70 push feed in 06'
any 03' sporter in 06'
Ruger 77 in 06
Ruger #1B in 06'
Sears FN in 06'

and so on. Lotsa somewhat hammered 06's out there for +- $300 if you want to experiment w/9.3x62 or 400 Whelen (Make sure you get the G&H/Whelen chamber ! )

My R.F. Sedgley 400 Whelen with correct chamber (original) but could have as easily been a bad bore 06' that was rebored.

The late and missed Mike Petrov wrote a whole chapter in this book (on amazon)
about the 400 Whelen. That's my RF Sedgley deluxe 400W on the left.

Go for it!