What the heck can you do with a "shot out" barrel? Can you say have a .264 bored out to .308 and boom the 6.5cm barrel just became a .308 again? Or are they just tossed in the trash.... For a 300-???? 1" thick SS pipe that sounds like a waste.
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Nah, there is no "boring it out to X" cutting the bore diameter and rifling is a very very specialized process. If the smith that barreled the rifle first left enough meat on it you could just get it re-chambered and set back as the throat is where all the wear takes place, it gets all the heat and flow accelerated corrosion from the gases coming out the chamber. You could also get it re-chambered to something else of the same caliber, again if there is enough material left to do so.
But a barrel is disposable on a competition rifle or anything that gets shot a lot.
Jake
But a barrel is disposable on a competition rifle or anything that gets shot a lot.
Jake
Yeah, there is some wear there though I imagine. but a barrel being "shot out" is pretty much 100% throat erosion.
I can't find it but I know Frank Green from Bartlein answered this question before. In a nutshell he said it was not worth it. I think there were issues with drilling the hole over again and keeping it concentric/straight. He said that in the end, that with the time and cost, just get another one.
I thought it was standard practice to list them in the PX section as "Like new, low round count, lots of life left"?
I'm just trying to see how this can be "affordable" for me because I'm on a fixed income. So far this hobby/sport has kept me from drinking, been sober for 3 almost 4 months now.
Thanks for all the replies, sounds like I can buy a nice 26" barrel and get a couple uses out of it? 6.5 CM then push the reamer farther in and lop off an inch or whatever from the base and push the threads farther? I'm sure my gunsmith would know these things but I honestly don't know how good he is yet.
Thanks for all the replies, sounds like I can buy a nice 26" barrel and get a couple uses out of it? 6.5 CM then push the reamer farther in and lop off an inch or whatever from the base and push the threads farther? I'm sure my gunsmith would know these things but I honestly don't know how good he is yet.
You would want something with a lot of shank. Or a straight taper barrel where the entire barrel is the shank, if you plan on setting it back several times.
Do you think you’re going to wear out a barrel in 6 months? Shooting 2500-3500 rounds? If this is going to be for your Ruger American, there’s lots of prefit barrels out there that use a barrel nut and the full shebang is at or under 500 bucks. You have your smith set the headspace and that’s it. Super easy and cheaper than rechambering barrels and what not.
Yes, I'm already approaching 400 on the stock Ruger American barrel. Going to measure the "lands" once I hit 500 to see the wear on it so far. I have till March for the first 1k yard BR of the year at the nearest club so I wan't to have a ton of trigger time which means I will need a new barrel by then.
Gunsmithing - Barrel Reboring
I have always wondered why manufacturers do not re bore barrels of their own make? It would seem to be worthwhile. If you had a shot out light Palma .224 cal. barrel it could be re bored to .264 or .308. Is the barrel steel cost so low that it would not be worthwhile? Are we being wasteful...
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Shaw will true the action face and rebarrel for you, I believe they lap in the lugs. Sufficient for an accurate rifles, their stainless steel barrels tend to shoot pretty well.
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Would love to but that's not something I can afford, also I can shoot sub .5" groups with this right out the box.... I fail to see no reason. Everything is pretty damn identical to the Ruger Precision and people are buying all sorts of shit for that thing and they can't even shoot sub moa every time lol.
we're on the same page.
just saying. there are a lot of options for a new platform that the $500ish for a new barrel coukd go to
also....if you're gonna shoot out a 6.5creed by march. you have enough to build/buy a more purpose built setup
just saying. there are a lot of options for a new platform that the $500ish for a new barrel coukd go to
also....if you're gonna shoot out a 6.5creed by march. you have enough to build/buy a more purpose built setup
Negative lol, 140's running right around 2750 10ish SD over 300 rounds I've chronod and I use a barrel cooler when it gets much past warm to the touch. Like I said I'm budgeted! Gotta take care of my shit.
Thanks a bunch for all the feedback though guys, I've been shooting/hunting all my life but just recently have dredged down this rabbit hole. Scares me how bad my reloading tolerances had been until recently as well .2-.3 gn charge difference was normal, now I'm like .04 yeah that's not gonna work!
