No regrets here, have 3 of his re-bores now and looking at another. They all shoot great, a .30-30 to .375Win, a 30-06 to 9.3x62 and a 308 to .358. Looking for a donor now to do a .400 Whelen on just for chits n giggles
Unless he hasn't updated his website, JES doesn't bore .452, correct? I have an urge to re-bore a .308 donor to Raptor for Ohio trips. Not that I don't have enough strait walls to bring........
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The rebores I've had done so far were hinged floor plate/internal mags. Any reason to think a Browning rotary mag in 30-06 would struggle to feed 35 Whelen or 9.3x62?
99.9999999% I've heard great things about JES rebore. However, years ago, I bought a Rem760 from JES that was rebored to 9.3x62. Very cool in theory but I had issues getting it to shoot. Long story short, after multiple factory ammo and reloads, I bought a No GO gauge...... and it chambered. I cant say I know what that means 100% but it spooked me enough to swear-off ever buying or ever having a rebore done or owning one.
That said...I sold the rifle to someone who had more faith than I......and I wish I still had the rifle to continue the detective work....
99.9999999% I've heard great things about JES rebore. However, years ago, I bought a Rem760 from JES that was rebored to 9.3x62. Very cool in theory but I had issues getting it to shoot. Long story short, after multiple factory ammo and reloads, I bought a No GO gauge...... and it chambered. I cant say I know what that means 100% but it spooked me enough to swear-off ever buying or ever having a rebore done or owning one.
That said...I sold the rifle to someone who had more faith than I......and I wish I still had the rifle to continue the detective work....
If that was the case I’d have bet a dollar he would have taken it back, taken a thread off and made it rifle.
He did a 35 Newton for me. Had a rough chamber. 2md time around it was perfect though.
That said, I have an abused 7600 in .270 that's going that direction to become a 9.3x62. Mighta fooled with a 35 caliber but I'm already set up for the 9.3.
Yeah I regretted it. I sent him a Winchester 670 to do a 35 Whelen on. The gun of course was noticeably lighter when it came back and would only shoot 250 grain with any accuracy. That combination made it punishing to shoot on the bench
I recently bought a used Remington 700 in .270Win from Cabelas for $285OTD. It had a nice steel tube Redfield in Leupold rings and bases which I removed and plan to sell but I digress…..I sent it to JES to rebore to .35 Whelen and cut and crown it at 20”. I’ve been “shooting the barrel in” so I haven’t been focused on or worried about accuracy yet, in fact I still need to bed it. Just for giggles I decided to fire 3 rounds to see if it printed reasonable groups despite it needing to be bed. I set the target at 50 yards and fired 3 rounds of factory Remington 250gr PSP Core-Lokts….they were all touching and the one ragged hole that was made gave me great confidence that the potential was there for an accurate, hard hitting, easy carrying, fairly lightweight “woods gun”.
I was really pleased with how pleasant the rifle is to shoot. I’ve shot 200gr Federal Fusion, 200gr Remington Core-Lokts and 250gr Remington PSP Core-Lokts and they all felt the same recoil wise. I expected to notice a difference between the 200’s and 250’s but multiple side by side comparisons and I still can’t feel a difference.
The communication, price ($275 for rebore, cut & crown at 20” and return shipping) and quick turnaround (~2 weeks) from JES was excellent and so far his work appears to be just as good.
I fear that if this rifle shoots as well as it appears to JES will be reboring more for me in the future. I have a brand NEW 1965 Winchester 70 in 7RM that would be great as a .338wm. I don’t have a need for a 7RM and I’m not too keen on having another caliber to feed. I do have another .338 that could use some company and that Winchester might be the ticket…
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AcesNeights, Congrats on the 35 whelen. Typical story, how accurately these humble, blue collar JES rebores shoot. Youre a pretty thoughtful fella, giving credit where credit is due. What are your thoughts on this:
There are so many of us whove had JES rebore mundane rifles to something unique, interesting and powerful. A group gift from accross all the shooting and hunting forums is in order for his hard, timely work.
I bet a bunch of folks would pitch in to a group gift around the holidays
Maybe we could all pitch in and buy him an engraving machine to replace his number and letter punch set. That's been my only complaint with his work, namely the caliber markings are poorly done.
