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I just acquired an Encore Katahdin 460 S+W with the 20" barrel. What is the least expensive way for me to ad a 23"-24" stainless fluted .243 barrel? Buy the factory 28" and have it cut and crowned? With tax that is $300 and then the cost of the cut/crown. Any other options besides hoping to find one used? Which I am not against; but I can't find any of those.
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If you cut and crown it will be fluted all the way to the crown , not sure it will look all that great. Try TC Custom Shop
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The T/C custom has not resumed production yet under S&W ownership. With demand of AR's and handguns the business decision for S&W would be to use the production capabilty for
production of back order guns.
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Lots of new and used 24" 243 barrels out there, I'll send links via PM as I find them.
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When the price of a barrel approaches the price of a whole new rifle my interest wanes. I am interested in the Encore to have several caliber choices for less than the cost of rifles. If I have to pony up for full price rifles there are better looking rifles to buy than an Encore. When a custom barrel cost $525-$700 thats a problem.
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Maybe just live without the flutes then you can get a new s.s. barrel from graf and sons for about 215 bucks.
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I have the stainless Encore Pro Hunter with the 20" fluted bull barrel. Will the standard contour Encore barrels fit this forearm? Does the taper start after the forearm?
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Me being somewhat of a Encore noob...
about all I can tell you is, it starts about the end of the
chamber, and different contours do need different fore ends.
I've got a heavy taper 24" custom .875 at the muzzle that
works ok with a prohunter, but when I added a standard contour
Bergara, about .725 at the muzzle, had to have another for it.
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