I need some straight answers.
I was thinking of buying a barrel blank (no contour) and giving my friend whatever measurements he needs to contour, thread and crown it. He is not a gunsmith, he is a mechanical engineer who regularly works with similar requirements on a lathe. I trust him to not f*ck up.
The real question is, will the end result be anything near what the big names can produce(krieger, shilen) or will it be Remington quality? I'm still questioning whether the money i save on it will be worth it, but for now i'm just questioning the quality.
I was thinking of buying a barrel blank (no contour) and giving my friend whatever measurements he needs to contour, thread and crown it. He is not a gunsmith, he is a mechanical engineer who regularly works with similar requirements on a lathe. I trust him to not f*ck up.
The real question is, will the end result be anything near what the big names can produce(krieger, shilen) or will it be Remington quality? I'm still questioning whether the money i save on it will be worth it, but for now i'm just questioning the quality.