Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Re-bore question for Mule Deer and other JES customers

I bought an older Winchester 670 in 30-06 for a very low price and sent it to JES for a re-bore to 35 Whelen. A 2-7X Vortex scope was mounted and it shoots 2 inch groups at 100 yards for me. The muzzle was MagnaPorted to eliminate muzzle jump. Ammo is a bit pricey but I really wanted a 35 Whelen and could not find one.

Sherwood

Yes.

I had JES rebore a Howa miniaction in 300 blk out to 350 legend. Ammo feeds well and the gun shoots very well.

I purchased two guns that had been rebored by JES. I have to say they look neat and clean. One 358 Winchester from 243 and one 9.3X62 from 30-06. I am planning on a Ruger rebore 308 to 358 Winchester so I have a 358 F/S. Maybe my Interarms Mark X F/S 243 to 400 Whelen. Good luck and Be Well, Rustyzipper.

Thanks Mako235. I'll keep searching for a cheap Tikka 223.

Has anyone sent any work to Dan Pedersen at Classic Barrel and Gunworks? I sent him a Classic Stainless Model 70 last week upon learning he can re-educate a 7mm mag to .416 Taylor. Thankfully there's enough meat on the barrel for a .416 at my favorite length for around here, 20.5". Dan seems to do top notch work as well, but up to this point I've used JES since he's been able to do what I needed for about a hundred bucks less. Pederson does a much greater variety of bore diameters however.

If I was going to spend that much on a barrel, it would be a brand new custom stainless item, not a rebore of a factory barrel and it's questionable steel quality.

Classic campfire perspective, you seem to have no actual experience with the issue in question but disparage it while at the same time making a wildly inaccurate statement about another thing: “questionable steel quality”. Get real.

Exactly....If the steel quality was questionable, JES wouldn't do the job.

I'm a machinist and work with different kinds of steel all day, so I know exactly what questionable steel is. Care to tell me what kind of "Chromoly" that Savage makes their barrels out of? Because I can tell you it cuts like butter. And why would someone spend between 3-400 dollars on a rebore when a new barrel from a custom maker cost just as much?

You mean $225 for a rebore. We are talking JES here.

Let's say that you have a nice rifle with a quarter rib intergal on the barrel, a rebore would cost about a 1/4 of replacing the barrel

The barrel might cost that much but the gunsmith will cost that much also to chamber and fit. Ed k

Yep, and no new inletting or re-bedding will be needed either. It's $250 all-in total cost and you have yourself a "new rifle" with a cut-rifled barrel. The two Springfields I'm sending Jess have as good a steel as Uncle Sugar could get back in the day, and a century of stress-relief piled on top of that. Let's just say I'll take my chances for what he's charging. There are an awful lot of very satisfied customers out there.

Cheers,
Rex

It’s $225-$250 for a rebore and now the rifle shoots another caliber.

Spend $300-400 for a new barrel and you have a barrel. You need to send even more now to have a gunsmith install the new barrel.

Some folks don’t have the spare cash to have a custom rifle built whenever they want to try a new caliber.

The kind that shoots MOA out of the box, on a rifle you can buy at Wal Mart for under $400 with a 3x9 scope already on it.
That based on my best friend's new 6.5CM and a lot of other great reports on the Savage rifles.
Just Sayin'

Do they "X" out or mill it down and restamp?

Is there any reason not to rebore a Winchester model 670 .243 into a 358 win. or 338 fed ? I have an itch for one and leaning toward the 338 federal.

I believe they just X out or stamp over existing numbers,

Yes, that's the case.

They X out