Gunsmithing Average Time for Smith

[Dag34]

What is the average time it takes to have your preferred smith chamber a barrel for you?

I am curious what the industry average time is for this service and want to hear what my fellow customers have to say verse calling and asking. I find quoted time verse actual time can vary tremendously between companies.

 

[W54/XM-388]

It depends wildly.
Some shops are pretty fast
Some of the smaller individual places are more like, put in an order, go raise a couple children, rifle will be ready about when you have time for shooting again.

 

[briang7511]

i believe LRI is doing a 96 hr turnaround on barreled actions, the smiths that i have used is about 4 weeks. Not sure where you are located or who you may want to use.

 

[Trapshooter12]

The guy i use does one in a day two at most.
He takes no more work than a week at a time.

 

[hermosabeach]

Many Smiths are artists and the wait time can be 6 months to 1 year..... I have a local guy who works quickly... I can wait to have a barrel threaded... I don't know how long to have a chamber cut... probably a few weeks IF he is accepting new work

 

[47guy]

The guy i use does one in a day two at most.
He takes no more work than a week at a time.

i have 2 smiths the one trapshooter is talking about...for a extra $100 i can drop my action and a blank off at 7am and pick up a threaded barreled action by 2pm...my other smith is usually a day or two...i cant image waiting months for a barrel.

 

[PullMyTrigger]

I used a smith local to me. His name is Eric Goss, owner of Axisworks in Tempe AZ. Originally quoted 6 weeks. Dropped off my parts, and was told 2 weeks. 9 days later I picked up my first custom barreled action. 3 weeks from parts procurement to complete build. I was pretty stoked about that.

 

[DellaDog]

Any known "Artists" in the DFW area?

 

[W54/XM-388]

Any known "Artists" in the DFW area?

I have heard good things from others about Gene Williams in Princeton, TX 214-673-5510

I however haven't used him myself, so I can't speak from first hand experience.