Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles JES rebores...anyone regret it?

I recently got the .338 Federal bug, and have been looking at several different options....all of which get fairly expensive quickly. I'm now looking at simply sending a youth model Remington 700 .243 ADL to JES and having them rebore to the Federal, and then replacing the stock. This is by far the cheapest alternative, with a pretty good turn around time.

Anyone gone with a rebore and regret the decision?

Nope...My 88 shoots better after the rebore than it ever did as a 308... Satisfied JES customer.. Go for it.

That is a very cool rig.

JES did a 35 Whelen for me. No regrets.

No regrets. He’s done 35’s, 9.3 and 375’s for me.

The only word I’d say is don’t have him stamp it. Find a person who can mill the old stamping off and restamp it nicely. Shooting wise, they’re top notch.

A 338 Fed and a 338-06, both shoot very well. Turn-around was quick.

He did my .375 WSM and cut the barrel. I will agree with beretzs that his over-stamp was not great. I will probably have it re-done. Overall though I think the rebore was well done.

Jason, go for it!

All too often, folks on here are all for the standard 308 or 30-06 cases necked down.

Within that ill-conceived double standard, god forbid if a guy takes the very practical step up to the medium bores, on that same standard case.

338 federal, 358 winchester, 338-06, 35 whelen and the 9.3x62 mauser are what i consider to be the best cartridges for Bison, Caribou, Moose and Bear. On smaller animals, they damage less meat than the 3000 fps stuff that everyone craves.

He's done several for me and they have all been excellent with quick turn arounds. I'm considering sending a Savage 340 bolt gun to be rebored to 38-55 or 35-30-30.

No issues here. Just do it.

JES does a lot of 358 WIN conversions, and when they show up on GUNBROKER they sell fast. After shopping for a used factory 358 WIN rifle and looking at the prices JES rebores are a real bargain

Another satisfied JES customer. A .358 and a .35 Whelen. Both shoot great, Whelen is as close to a tack driver as you can get launching 250gr RN bullets. I simply call it my "hammer".

He turned a 270 Win. into a 9.3x62, accuracy was excellent.

But if I had kept it, I would have had his XXX stamping over the .270 Win, milled off and tastefully engraved with the new chambering.

Jerry

What does a rebore cost and what is the turn around time? I have a Savage in 7 Rem mag that I’d love to have rebored to 30 cal. I’ve always wanted a 30-338. I believe it is the most underrated 30 cal mag!

Elk Country

He only does .338 bores and greater, except no .416s for some reason.

He’s done four for me so far, three 9.3x62s and one .30-30 to .444. He’ll get more of my business.

Thanks pabucktail!

Another JES fan. He recently turned a .243 into a .358 and chopped the length for me. I had him leave the factory caliber stamp and had the new one laser engraved before finishing. Quick turn around and a nice guy to talk to.

No.
GladI had it done.

9.3

Turned a stainless Rem 700 from a .270 to a .35 Whelen. Works great.

Jes did a .30-06 to 35 whelen for me on a M70 featherweight barrel. The work was great, great turn-around and the gun shoots very good, but bad judgement on my part for going with a featherweight barrel. The rifle is now somewhat muzzle light which I'd prefer the opposite and the recoil at the rifle's over-all weight with scope is really harsh, at least to me. I wish I would have used a standard grade (pre-64 M70) barrel instead.