Thread: Switch barrel : any experience ?

Originally Posted by Spanners

Just tig tac it to the receiver

Hmmmm, ...... Naah

Looks like I have already scared away one gunsmith with this thread, if I start mentioning welding the lug I suspect several others may join in...

Why not? It's just to stop it rotating and keep it in position.
A dab of silfos on the receiver side under the action wood do same job
There are a number of ways to do it better, but it's a 788 and $500 to get machine work done on 2 barrels and get fancy with it... You've got limited factors before you start

Existing barrel should not need rechambering, maybe a tweak or 2 on tennon and shoulder to get headspace ok for specific torque.

Cradle would be some fly-cutting on a block to get receiver profile, drill hole for front action screw, and mill slot for lug, no need to start messing with the action.

Barrel #2 was $100
Re thread, chamber etc $250 (only part of the build that I am paying commercial rates for)
Materials for action wrench & cradle $50 ?
Machine time for wrench and cradle $100 ?

Barrel vice I can do from some oak and bolts I have in the workshop.

Only thing left is go/no-go gauges for both calibers as a safety check after swopping.

Visa card=Blaser!!! Job done

bloody shit phone

For what its worth..

I don't think that I would build a switch barrel rifle on a conventional action for non target/range use. If I did, I would definitely have two scopes and detachable ring setups that provide the best chance of consistent re-zero. While that works for my R8 because said mounts are fixed to the barrels, the same can't be said for your proposed setup.... you might have to re-sight every time anyway.

What I have found in the past, is that any requirement to re-sight a rifle for a change in bullet load etc, is nothing but a curse even if the range is only 10 minutes away. Not so much a problem if we are talking about range rifles obviously, but for hunting/varmint set ups... just a curse.

Even with the Blaser, I have ended up with dedicated scopes for each barrel to avoid that..

Appreciate what you are trying to do and for the money involved it may be worth a crack, but it may well be something that you get sick of quick enough....

Na sorry i generally keep out of discussions i know nothing about and blasers are a topic i know effall about. Could you not own 2 sako 85 for the price of a Blaser?


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Originally Posted by username

Na sorry i generally keep out of discussions i know nothing about and blasers are a topic i know effall about. Could you not own 2 sako 85 for the price of a Blaser?


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Dunno? maybe? Why?

I could own 1 blouser with two barrels for 2 sako 85s = 2 all

Or 1 blouser and 4 barrels for 3 sako 85s = 4/3 in the blouser's favour....

and it gets better after that...

And, I owned multiple 85's......dont have any left.

Still got my R8

Must stock up on washers though........and faces apparently.

where do you buy those washers....mine's missing....

Mitre 10, plumbing isle

Here's a pic of my switch barrel , needs a vice and action wrench & torque wrench .

Originally Posted by ChrisF

Here's a pic of my switch barrel , needs a vice and action wrench & torque wrench .

Nice rifle.....

Here is a photo of my vice, action wrench and torque wrench....

Yeap ,

And the new AIs use a smaller allen key than that , to do their barrel swaps , and its held inside the stock cheek piece .