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Depends. Bluing, sights, bedding... A JES rebore runs ~$250.
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I considered a rebore on a shot out blued model 70 in 264. I figured it shot well as a 264, it would also shoot well as a 7 mag.
After price shopping I found I could have a heavier SS barrel fitted,bead blasted, and installed at Pac-Nor for slightly less money.
Had I needed blueing, sights installed, or a muzzle brake fitted, the rebore would have been cheaper.
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What's the price comparison of a rebore versus rebarrel? A rebore runs roughly half of a rebarrel.
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It was $275 (I think) for the rebore and rechamber from 8x57 to 9.3x62 and return shipping from JES
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And you can rebarrel with say a stainless Douglas for $325.
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my .350 WSM was a rebore from a 7mmWSM by Clearwater. I'm happy with it.
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And you can rebarrel with say a stainless Douglas for $325.
If it's the same place I asked you about previously, would you still send work there after last year's issues?
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I had a re-bore done by JES. It shoots UBER good.
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I'm thinking about having him turn a 6.5/06 into another Whelen.
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Cliff Lebounty was the foremost authority on reboring. Delta gun shop owners his equipment. Had cliff do a 7 mm rem out to 30. It shoots great... I have used several benchmark cut barrels that were great.. ( cut by delta) JES reboring does good work.. I like the rebore process but it is usually only feasible on certain things. For what they charge you just as well get a new barrel esp since you are talking a rem..
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That's awful and I am being generous. It looks absolutely horrible for sure but it shoots alright so I've never had it done properly. The original arrangement was to have included barrel shortening and a bead blast of the exterior surfaces. I have never trashed the guy publicly since he told me beforehand that he couldn't guarantee a Ruger barrel- especially a stainless- but he would apply the expense to his cost of rebarreling with an after-market barrel if it didn't work. I should have known ....... Anyway, since no one here has mentioned him I won't name him (though I will via PM.) Seems like he believed Ruger's steel was prone to tearing by the hook cutter.
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Another vote for JES. Made a rusted 30-30 into a tackdriving 35/30-30. Amazingly fast turnaround, too.
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I also Highly recommend JES. He rebored a marlin 30-30 to .375 win for me and it shoots great. Turnaround was a little over a week. His prices were also very reasonable.
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That's awful and I am being generous. It looks absolutely horrible for sure but it shoots alright so I've never had it done properly. The original arrangement was to have included barrel shortening and a bead blast of the exterior surfaces. I have never trashed the guy publicly since he told me beforehand that he couldn't guarantee a Ruger barrel- especially a stainless- but he would apply the expense to his cost of rebarreling with an after-market barrel if it didn't work. I should have known ....... Anyway, since no one here has mentioned him I won't name him (though I will via PM.) Seems like he believed Ruger's steel was prone to tearing by the hook cutter. stainless Ruger barrels are notorious for being super hard.
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Another vote for JES. Made a rusted 30-30 into a tackdriving 35/30-30. Amazingly fast turnaround, too. Fremont would you mind starting a new thread and telling us about that rifle, I was just pondering the possibility of that cartridge due to reading of the lack of .35 Rem ammo and brass. I have not heard of it previously and wasn't sure if the .30-30 brass would work. Thanks, Mike
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Invest in a new barrel! Cheaper!
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Klikitarik, same deal here with a BAR from .30-06 to .338-06, except I paid the price of a re barrel up front to get it done. Turned out uglier than yours, but it shot everything I fed it to just over an inch. Minute of deer, Nilgi, coyote and pigs for sure. I used it for everything for about five years. Wish I had not had a relapse of perfectionist and sold it. That, and another experience or four, has taught me that good enough IS GOOD ENOUGH.
Jack After Dan Pederson told me that he had had bad luck with Brownings because of a lot of chrome in the barrel, I started to do the same thing with a pitted BAR in '06 too. Then I called JES and he said no problem. So I boxed up a very rough BAR and a check for $250 and sent it to him. About 10 days later I received a beautiful 338/06 that shoots about an inch with 250 Hornady rnd nose bullets and 58 grs of ww-760. I aint gonna relapse and sell this one. The bore looks like a mirror. Murf205
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I've had 4 done by Clearwater, 6mm/Swift, 2-358x57's and a 375-06 Imp., all first class-Muddy
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That's awful and I am being generous. It looks absolutely horrible for sure but it shoots alright so I've never had it done properly. The original arrangement was to have included barrel shortening and a bead blast of the exterior surfaces. I have never trashed the guy publicly since he told me beforehand that he couldn't guarantee a Ruger barrel- especially a stainless- but he would apply the expense to his cost of rebarreling with an after-market barrel if it didn't work. I should have known ....... Anyway, since no one here has mentioned him I won't name him (though I will via PM.) Seems like he believed Ruger's steel was prone to tearing by the hook cutter. The late Dick Nickel (Ridgetop Sporting Goods) said the Ruger barrel I sent him was "stringy" and he had never had that problem before. This was in the earlly '90s and it was the first rotary forged Ruger he had worked on. The earlier production "cut" barrels were more amenable to a rebore.
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