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If it were mine I'd send the gun up to Douglas barrels and have it re-barreled to the cartridge of MY CHOICE. And be done with it. It will likely shoot better too.
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That's what I wanted to do in the first place, simply send it to Nine Run Gun and rebarrel...but it just gets too expensive.
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Do you want to sell the 358 Win barrel?
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Do you want to sell the 358 Win barrel? If I do sell the .358, it will be as a complete rifle.
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Wish I had a SA rem in .473 to trade you. I've got some NIB ADL synthetics but they are both 223. I have a .473 action but I just ordered a 22 Creedmoor remage for it.
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Why are you determined to sell the complete rifle? Sell the 358 barrel and buy yourself a decent 700 donor barrel and send it back. Either way JES has to remove the barrel for the rebore. That way you get to keep your action, trigger set up, stock etc. without having to redo all that. Much easier to find someone who has a suitable donor barrel than some with suitable completed SA 700 rifle who happens to want a 358.
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I was a little surprised as well, but not sure what other option there was (short of a complete rebarrel). I have a box full of 700 take-off barrels if you want to try again. I may consider that option, what all do you have in a short action .473 bolt face? I have 4 22" and 4 20" matte finished new take-off 243 barrels
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260 Remguy, I might be interested in a 22" 243win take off barrel for a 700 sa .what do you need for 1? Your mail box is full...mb
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Is this a common occurrence?
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seems odd. first off why wouldn't they call you before doing something you did not want? second, why would a 358 rebore work but a 338 fed wouldn't? .358 is bigger than .338 from what i remember.
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That is why I asked if this is common. Nothing about this would make me happy, especially the lack of communication.
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Sounds like he didn't care for the condition of the bore after he punched it to .338.
I assume the only choice was to leave a schitty bore or clean it up to something else and hope that bore diameter worked out.
I guess I would rather have it as he did it as opposed to a bad rebore job.
Lookimg like it's time to find another barrel or sell the rifle and buy another to be rebored. Initially I just assumed he went from 243 to 358 after measuring/inspecting. But if he went 243 to 338 and didn't think it was functional/safe, the jump to 358 makes a lot more sense.
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I wouldn’t be real disappointed with a 358 win. Buffalo bore has it in stock too.
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I think JES did you a huge favor. Then again, I far prefer the 358 and 308 over the 338.;)
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Basically, yes.
I should probably be a little more aggravated about the situation, but I understand stuff happens. That being said, in a short action 700 I am not sure there is any other option above a .338 Federal other than .358 Win.
As far as the .358 goes, I'm just not a fan of the cartridge. I had one years ago in a Browning BLR, and it's just not my preferred round. Plus, reasonably priced hunting bullets in .35 cal are simply unobtainable right now...whereas, I have literally over 1k .338 bullets sitting on the bench ready to load. I'm thinking you'll have no trouble trading that 358 bbl action plus cash for another 243 or 308 to start over with.
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Instead of fuc king around with a rebore just have a new barrel installed. Had you down that to start with you'd be shooting by now.
In a sense, JES did you a favor since in general there is more demand for the 358 than the 338, you can seel the rebored barrel and buy one chambered in 338 Fed now.
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Sounds like he didn't care for the condition of the bore after he punched it to .338.
I assume the only choice was to leave a schitty bore or clean it up to something else and hope that bore diameter worked out.
I guess I would rather have it as he did it as opposed to a bad rebore job.
Lookimg like it's time to find another barrel or sell the rifle and buy another to be rebored. Initially I just assumed he went from 243 to 358 after measuring/inspecting. But if he went 243 to 338 and didn't think it was functional/safe, the jump to 358 makes a lot more sense. Read 2 posts above mine. That particular post should have been included in initial post to clear the water a little so everyone wasn't assuming they just went to 358 Winchester. There was a reason for what they did. It just wasn't known to us until later in the thread.
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Basically, yes.
I should probably be a little more aggravated about the situation, but I understand stuff happens. That being said, in a short action 700 I am not sure there is any other option above a .338 Federal other than .358 Win.
As far as the .358 goes, I'm just not a fan of the cartridge. I had one years ago in a Browning BLR, and it's just not my preferred round. Plus, reasonably priced hunting bullets in .35 cal are simply unobtainable right now...whereas, I have literally over 1k .338 bullets sitting on the bench ready to load. I'm thinking you'll have no trouble trading that 358 bbl action plus cash for another 243 or 308 to start over with. Probably sell before the weekend is out on the Classifieds. 
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I'd be a little PO'd if I got something other than what I ordered regardless of the refund. As others have said I think the right way to do this is to re-barrel. I was contemplating doing a re-bore to 35 Whelen a few years ago and after thinking it through decided to go with a new barrel from Pac Nor. Then I ended up trading into a 300 WSM and between that and the 338 Fed I'm good. I've heard Pac Nor is backlogged recently.
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