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    Re-Chambering Cost

    Hi All,
    who has had a rechambering job done recently? I am wanting to re-chamber a 25-06 to .257 Roberts AI.(Yes I know a lot will say this is a backwards step.) So I was just curious how much it generally costs these days as its been a long time since I've had any work like this done.
    I just now have to find a gun smith in the north island who has a reamer for one......
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    Scott.

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    I had Arthur Cleland rechamber my 284 late last year which was $300. This did include a little bit of other tweaking and mag work though.

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    Just go .25/08 I'm sure Arthur can do it as he has done another that I know of.

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    using my reamer including the return postage 8 or so years ago with mitch maxberry was under $153 including setting the barrel back and engraving

    work is fantastic highly recommended

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    Quote Originally Posted by muzza View Post
    isnt the 257 Rbts based on the 7x57 case? And the 25-06 bases on the 61mm long 30-06 case? So you may have to set your barrel back substantially to allow the new chamber to be cut .
    Just thinking aloud
    That's exactly right. That's exactly what you have to do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill999 View Post
    using my reamer including the return postage 8 or so years ago with mitch maxberry was under $153 including setting the barrel back and engraving

    work is fantastic highly recommended
    I've heard of him before...was he based in Wellington??

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    Yes I posted him my rifle

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kudu View Post
    I've heard of him before...was he based in Wellington??
    Yeah. You could get Brian to drop the rifle at Mitch's and then just collect it when it's finished. He does a lot of work for Brian and Jeff who you got the rifle off. Talk to Brian about Mitch - Mitch's workshop is just around the corner from him. I don't know if Mitch has the reamer you want though. - you would need to check. He makes a superb job.

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    I have only good things to say about mitch, Great work, fast, no nonsense and very interesting if he's in the mood to tell you a story

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    Silly question. Instead of the machine work having to reset the barrel back, is there another barrel floating around that you could start with?
    Then you have the original barrel you could put back on if it all turns to custard
    Obviously have to be a common model.

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    Quote Originally Posted by csmiffy View Post
    Silly question. Instead of the machine work having to reset the barrel back, is there another barrel floating around that you could start with?
    Then you have the original barrel you could put back on if it all turns to custard
    Obviously have to be a common model.
    if anyone whos reaming out a rifle to a non standard caliber only has one rifle id be surprised
    if the gunsmith cocks it up he would likely just set the back a little further, but the chances of an issue happening is very low (unless you want me to give it a crack in the vice with my cordless drill)
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    @Bill999 wasn't meaning cocking up the reaming, more so the project calibre not performing the way intended.
    My thoughts were if you had the same barrel off a different rifle it was only a change over and a ream. Possibly cheaper?
    Plus concerning the common models, try finding a good used barrel for a P14. there is bugger all around for 303's anymore let alone other calibres. Plus they are a fatter tenon meaning you almost need a larger than normal blank or the extra machine work to barrel stub a more common tube in there.
    Unless you have a p14/17 then you are more likely to have a lot more barrels to pick from so not so bad. Just my situation.

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    What difference would the same barrel make?
    The same unwanted cal you already have?
    If it's a fuck up send it to trueflight

    Otherwise roll those dice baby

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    And I don't think this is the normal but when I got my sako 75 back from fitting a suppressor fitted by gunworks it went from stacking bullets to more than a4 sized groups.
    They (Robbie tiffen) insisted on fitting a new barrel to get me back shooting (my only rifle at the time) the only 6mm barrel he had at the time was a trueflight ultramatch to which he said "you are lucky today" sort of thing,

    Sometimes shit happens but there are some good people out there that worth dealing with
    Gunworks, trueflight, Rod woods and Mitch maxberry are some of these

 

 

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