Gunsmithing Advise to get my barrel cut or not.

[FFNick240]

Well background on the rifle it is a remington 700 police with a 26in barrel. I am going to send it off to get it threaded soon and was wondering if there would be any positives of getting it cut back and if so how far back should I go. Thanks guys


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[bax]

"getting it cut back" - what do you mean?

Set back and rechamber? If you have a bore scope or access to one, you can evaluate the throat. You can also measure measure the throat with a seating depth tool. If the throat is fair or if you just want a new or better chamber, you could have a gunsmith trim off a couple threads, cut a new shoulder and rechamber. He will need the action with the bolt and the recoil lug. When I have chambers made, I provide two sample loaded rounds and 2 sample fired cases and my jump specs. I want all of the ammo I already have to fit the new chamber.

Shorten the barrel to a 24 or 22? It is more handy - that tends to matter more if you have a can or if you are a door kicker who favors a bolt gun You lose some velocity as the barrel gets shorter. If you have "hold" or "ups" cards they won't be right and you may have to memorize new numbers. A shorter barrel is stiffer so it should be a little more accurate but other factors seem to be a lot more important. The gun will weight less - important to hunters and people who carry a lot of stuff. If you are threading the muzzle for a can or brake, you should get a new crown but your 'smith doesn't have to take much length off to do a crown.

Did either of those two ideas contain anything useful?