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Estimate on cost to open up the rear action screw on a Model 7 action from the (I think) 8-36 to 1/4-28? Thanks!

It has been a while but my smith used to charge $30 a hole for drilling and tapping.... about the price of the tap and drill if you want to do it yourself...

tap and drill aren't nearly that much. You pay the 'smith so you don't have to deal with problems when the job is so blessed.

When I was in the business we always charged $35 per hole. Somewhere between $25 and $50 should be in line.

Why 1/4"

do it your self drilling & tapping a 1/4 hole is not hard just keep it stright

Yup, factories with good machines often fail to keep them straight and some guy in his garage is going to get four in a row right?

OP says it is a rear action screw but I'm not sure I've ever seen an 8-36 action screw? What kind of action are you dealing with?

OP stated M7

Wow! I need to appreciate my old time gunsmith more, he charges $10-15 a hole and I thought that was high. Live and learn.
Phil

Thanks for the feedback from those who answered the question.

Update on this. I did a quick google search and found a local "gunsmith". Stopped by to see them, talked to one of the owners about doing it and he said it wouldn't be a problem, got a price of $35 per hole, and I left one of the barreled actions with him then and stopped by to drop the second off yesterday.

When I stopped by yesterday I was handed my original barreled action and told they weren't able to do it. Seems they'd drilled it out and partially tapped it but had a problem and were scared to mess up the action. So now I'm stuck with a hole I can't use the original 8-36 with and isn't tapped deep enough to hold the Bad Ord bottom metal pillar tight with the 1/4-28. Gave me a discount so I only had to pay $25 rather than $35....great deal...only cost me $25 to make it unusable.


https://kodasgunandpawn.com/

Don't know what to say besides that ain't right. Not even close.

And he had the balls to charge you?!?

lol.... I was the one who said "So this is going to cost me $35?". He said "no, just $25 since we didn't finish it". I just wanted to get out at that point, take it home, and see if it was deep enough to work.

The moral of the story is be careful who you let let work on your rifle. I thought this would be a simple job.

You can buy a bottoming tap from McMaster -Carr and finish it yourself, if that's all it needs.
Get a high spiral bottoming tap so the chip comes up out of the hole.

And a drill bit and plug tap for the other hole and tapping oil and a good tap handle or find a gunsmith that is capable of basic machining tasks. Good grief, I do this sort of thing in my garage, self taught.

This is basic High School Shop Class stuff

My Mod 7 and other Remingtons have a through hole in the rear tang. Little confused about ?blind? hole.

I took an FN Mauser that needed one hole drilled and tapped in the rear receiver ring. I took it to a local machine shop and had it done in 20 minutes. $20.00 and I was out the door.

What! The Kid left the gunsmithing business? Who do the good people of Anchorage turn to now for firearms repair?