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Re: Whats a ball park figure for re barreling a .308 action.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 12:08 pm
by Chapuis
Alpha1 wrote:Chapuis wrote:Why do you think it would be hard to sell, 6.5x55 is a perfectly good cartridge. Personally I would prefer a 6.5x55 to a .243 for example as its far more versatile with the right bullets and load, after all its accepted for moose in most Scandinavian countries.
Yes 6.5 Creedmoor or 6.5x57 may be more modern and sexier but 6.5 Swede will still do the business at reasonable stalking distances and re-barrelling will cost you £650 at least for the cheapest new barrel fitted plus proofing costs.
Because its been built on a short .308 action its very very fussy amunition wise. Most factory ammo will not feed from the magazine. I single load it with hand loads. Having said that its very accurate. I didnt realize it was built on a short action when I bought it. It took me quite a while to work out a load for it. I had a lot of greif trying to get it to work with factory ammo. I gave up using bought ammo and now only use hand loads in it single loaded.
Yes I see your problem now.
Re: Whats a ball park figure for re barreling a .308 action.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:01 pm
by Triffid
Not being a gunsmith, I don't know whether its possible, but how about having the existing 6.5mm barrel rechambered for a 'short' 6.5mm cartridge like the Creedmore, 260 Rem or the 6.5x47?
Triffid
Re: Whats a ball park figure for re barreling a .308 action.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:58 pm
by Alpha1
Triffid wrote:Not being a gunsmith, I don't know whether its possible, but how about having the existing 6.5mm barrel rechambered for a 'short' 6.5mm cartridge like the Creedmore, 260 Rem or the 6.5x47?
Triffid
Im not sure if thats possible.
Re: Whats a ball park figure for re barreling a .308 action.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 4:29 pm
by Pete
I have a 6.5x47 built on a Tikka M595, and it all works and feeds fine from the Tikka 5-shot magazine.
Pete
Re: Whats a ball park figure for re barreling a .308 action.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:26 pm
by Triffid
Re: Whats a ball park figure for re barreling a .308 action.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:45 pm
by Alpha1
Thanks for the link an interesting read.
Re: Whats a ball park figure for re barreling a .308 action.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:49 pm
by Alpha1
Ovenpaa wrote:You could always do it yourself. As an example a set of gauges plus a reamer and bushings is just over GBP300 from BBT and a barrel blank anything from GBP225 upwards.
BBT wont do buisness with you unless you are a registered firearms dealer or a gunsmith. I dont really have enough experience of chamber reaming to take it on I would hate to fork out the money then screw it up.
The way I see it its going to cost probably about 7 or 800 pounds. I dont think the rifle is worth that. I will have a word with my local RFD I might just scrap it and put it down to experence. Thanks for the input.