After witnessing the performance of my friend's melonited barrel, I think I'm going to go for it!
I have a Surgeon Rifle's built .308 Win that I want to make into a switchbarrel system with 6.5mm Creedmoor. I already have a 6.5mm Bartlein barrel on hand.
I'm not really interested in having a gunsmith chamber the rifle to my 591/R and then send the barrel off for melonting; I would rather just send the action and barrel off to the gunsmith and a few weeks later receive a new barreled action with a melonited barrel chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor.
- What gunsmith(s) do you recommend for this (chambering and meloniting)?
- Are there any downsides to having the barrel melonited but not the action?
- Anybody who's had this done have any lessons learned or useful tips?
Thanks!
I have a Surgeon Rifle's built .308 Win that I want to make into a switchbarrel system with 6.5mm Creedmoor. I already have a 6.5mm Bartlein barrel on hand.
I'm not really interested in having a gunsmith chamber the rifle to my 591/R and then send the barrel off for melonting; I would rather just send the action and barrel off to the gunsmith and a few weeks later receive a new barreled action with a melonited barrel chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor.
- What gunsmith(s) do you recommend for this (chambering and meloniting)?
- Are there any downsides to having the barrel melonited but not the action?
- Anybody who's had this done have any lessons learned or useful tips?
Thanks!