I picked up a LVSF in 22-250 that I'd like to have bored to something else. Anybody had good luck with this process, also who does it?
Thanks!

JES out of Oregon did a rifle for me and a bud excellent work great guy to talk to as well!

JES is good, but as I recall he only does big stuff. (.30-06 bored up to .35 Whelen or 9.3x62, etc).

info to be found here:

http://www.35caliber.com/2.html

charlie

Might try Dan Pedersen (http://www.cutrifle.com) in Prescott, AZ.

www.deltagunshop.com, Jim and Allen did a great job for me.

Good luck?



I suppose it is. The barrel (Ruger stainless 338 to 358) came back to me looking like this but it shoots quite well with jacketed bullets. Lead not so much ..................at all . That seems lucky - at least half-way.

I've had two done. One by Cliff LaBounty, a 30-06 to 35 Whelen and the other a 30-06 to 375 Whelen by JES Reboring. Both are excellent shooters. Cliff has since retired but JES does great work and has a very fast turn around. It was ten days from my door to his and back to me.

Dan Pederson did one for me. A 30" 7mm to 338. It is one of my most accurate rifles. It is a long throated 338 RCM that shoots the 300 gr Berger. I knew it would send them at a low velocity so I asked for a 1 in 9 twist instead of the usual 1 in 10.
Very happy with the results.

I have two expensive fluted SS barrels that will be re-rifled by Dan in the future.

Along with Mart, I'll praise the quality of work performed by now-retired Cliff LaBounty.

.25-06 to 9.3x62mm

I'm more than satisfied.

That's awful and I am being generous.

I have three Cliff LaBounty (now Delta Gunshop) rifle rebores, the first done in 1995, and they are all great shooters. I also have two single action Ruger rebores done by Al Siegrist and they shoot better than I, so far... All were hand lapped before being shipped and have beautiful bores.

JES does outstanding work. He's done two .30-06/.270 to 9.3x62 for me and one for a buddy of mine. I couldn't be more pleased.

Have had 2 done with JES and couldn't have been happier!

It looks absolutely horrible for sure but it shoots alright so I've never had it done properly. The original arrangement was to have included barrel shortening and a bead blast of the exterior surfaces.

I have never trashed the guy publicly since he told me beforehand that he couldn't guarantee a Ruger barrel- especially a stainless- but he would apply the expense to his cost of rebarreling with an after-market barrel if it didn't work. I should have known .......

Anyway, since no one here has mentioned him I won't name him (though I will via PM.)

Actually "Clearwater Reboring"
http://www.deltagunshop.com/clearwater_reboring/index.html

Klikitarik, same deal here with a BAR from .30-06 to .338-06, except I paid the price of a re barrel up front to get it done. Turned out uglier than yours, but it shot everything I fed it to just over an inch. Minute of deer, Nilgi, coyote and pigs for sure. I used it for everything for about five years. Wish I had not had a relapse of perfectionist and sold it. That, and another experience or four, has taught me that good enough IS GOOD ENOUGH.

Jack

Thanks to all of you as I am considering a rebore when/if I ever get my M700 back from the trigger recall. Probably '06-35Whelen or '06-9.3X62. Because a few of you guys have had good experiences with JES and Delta/Clearwater and they are both relatively close, I will probably go with them.

Geno

What's the price comparison of a rebore versus rebarrel?

Depends. Bluing, sights, bedding... A JES rebore runs ~$250.

I considered a rebore on a shot out blued model 70 in 264. I figured it shot well as a 264, it would also shoot well as a 7 mag.

After price shopping I found I could have a heavier SS barrel fitted,bead blasted, and installed at Pac-Nor for slightly less money.

Had I needed blueing, sights installed, or a muzzle brake fitted, the rebore would have been cheaper.

A rebore runs roughly half of a rebarrel.

It was $275 (I think) for the rebore and rechamber from 8x57 to 9.3x62 and return shipping from JES

And you can rebarrel with say a stainless Douglas for $325.

my .350 WSM was a rebore from a 7mmWSM by Clearwater. I'm happy with it.

If it's the same place I asked you about previously, would you still send work there after last year's issues?

I had a re-bore done by JES. It shoots UBER good.



Travis

I'm thinking about having him turn a 6.5/06 into another Whelen.

Cliff Lebounty was the foremost authority on reboring. Delta gun shop owners his equipment. Had cliff do a 7 mm rem out to 30. It shoots great...
I have used several benchmark cut barrels that were great.. ( cut by delta)
JES reboring does good work..
I like the rebore process but it is usually only feasible on certain things. For what they charge you just as well get a new barrel esp since you are talking a rem..

Seems like he believed Ruger's steel was prone to tearing by the hook cutter.

Another vote for JES. Made a rusted 30-30 into a tackdriving 35/30-30. Amazingly fast turnaround, too.

I also Highly recommend JES. He rebored a marlin 30-30 to .375 win for me and it shoots great. Turnaround was a little over a week. His prices were also very reasonable.

stainless Ruger barrels are notorious for being super hard.

Fremont would you mind starting a new thread and telling us about that rifle, I was just pondering the possibility of that cartridge due to reading of the lack of .35 Rem ammo and brass.

I have not heard of it previously and wasn't sure if the .30-30 brass would work.

Thanks,

Mike

Invest in a new barrel! Cheaper!

After Dan Pederson told me that he had had bad luck with Brownings because of a lot of chrome in the barrel, I started to do the same thing with a pitted BAR in '06 too. Then I called JES and he said no problem. So I boxed up a very rough BAR and a check for $250 and sent it to him. About 10 days later I received a beautiful 338/06 that shoots about an inch with 250 Hornady rnd nose bullets and 58 grs of ww-760. I aint gonna relapse and sell this one. The bore looks like a mirror.
Murf205

I've had 4 done by Clearwater, 6mm/Swift, 2-358x57's and a 375-06 Imp., all first class-Muddy

The late Dick Nickel (Ridgetop Sporting Goods) said the Ruger barrel I sent him was "stringy" and he had never had that problem before. This was in the earlly '90s and it was the first rotary forged Ruger he had worked on. The earlier production "cut" barrels were more amenable to a rebore.