Thread: new barrel

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Hugh is getting long in the tooth now,still does some beautiful stocks,I've had him thread rifles for me but pretty sure he is only doing a day or two a week these days....I guess like many of the gunsmiths winding down,it's hard to find apprentice to pick up the slack,or just too hard to deal with the Hassel involved...

Not getting mixed up with Laurie Bradley are you? He's more the wood man than Hugh.

Originally Posted by Mathias

Not getting mixed up with Laurie Bradley are you? He's more the wood man than Hugh.

Ah yes,my bad....

or just buy a tidy replacement rifle, same model
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketpl...ing/5694799894

thanks NIMROD but not my rifle and I would not have a 243 no it will be likely a true fligh- I have asked another member on here for an indicative price for a cut barrel but waiting on reply

I had an 18” .308 barrel contoured and fitted at truflite early 2024. Top notch job, nicely engraved, threaded muzzle with matched thread cap. $1400.


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Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

thanks NIMROD but not my rifle and I would not have a 243 no it will be likely a true fligh- I have asked another member on here for an indicative price for a cut barrel but waiting on reply

And I can understand that

Originally Posted by MSL

I had an 18” .308 barrel contoured and fitted at truflite early 2024. Top notch job, nicely engraved, threaded muzzle with matched thread cap. $1400.


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That was at least what I had in my mind in terms of of pricing.

Rifle club guys have probably got old 308 barrels tucked away that would have enough tenon left to rethread, rechamber. They often have plenty of life left in them for a hunting rifle, just lost top match accuracy. They can often be picked up for next to nothing or free. Only have to pay machining costs then. Worth thinking about.

New barrels fitted by an NZ gunsmith are sooo expensive they are just not worht it. 788s come up on TM ocasionaly so you might find one with a good barel. I was lucky that Tikka barrels fitt Ruger M77s if you make a washer to headspace the barrel (tennon is longer on the Tikka). That was a cheap barrel swap.

thanks 300CALMAN will not be trading or getting new one just not my rifle

Are "factory" threaded import barrels available ?
Ex States or UK.

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

thanks 300CALMAN will not be trading or getting new one just not my rifle

It sounds like Savage barrels have the same thread but they don't come up too often (as cast offs).

You could also ask someone like Pac-Nor if you can export a pre-fit from the US. https://pac-nor.com/ Their plant burnt down in 2020 but seems their back.

I have played with getting a 788 a couple of times, nice rifles and left handed versions pop up but yes barrels and also trigers aren't as easy to get as 700 parts.

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

thanks 300CALMAN will not be trading or getting new one just not my rifle

But....but ....but..... Just like granddad's axe that's had three new heads and four new handles,it's still the same axe..IF you picked up another rifle of same type,you could swap barrels over,sell off the donor action with the now dodgy barrel...put good barrel on "your rifle" and be no worse off than putting on new barrel.....in that it's just as much your original rifle as it would be if you had put on a new barrel.

yes lot of mucking around mate no going down the track of tru flight but thanks for the thought