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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 696253" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>It is true. "But", if you want the best thread fit,chamber and everything concentric don't wast your </p><p>money.</p><p></p><p>I have repaired/redone many pre threaded and chambered barreled actions and without exception</p><p>there was something wrong with every one of them.Most had a very rough chamber that was</p><p>not centered on the bore because of the very used reamer and very little cleaning of the reamer</p><p>durring chambering. (Most smiths clean the reamer every .020 to .030 of cutting)unless they have </p><p>a high pressure flushing system that allows them to clean less often.</p><p></p><p>A short chambered and pre threaded barrel has the best chance of being OK but the thread fit is </p><p>still a crap shoot.</p><p></p><p>Proper Gunsmithing is more than just screwing some parts together. A quality rifle is assembled </p><p>with every part hand fitted and as near perfict as possible. Anything less is just a production or</p><p>factory rifle and quality is just the luck of the draw.</p><p></p><p>The people that have tried this were satisfied until they compared there pre threaded and</p><p>chambered rifle against a true custom built rifle, then they brought them to a smith and spent </p><p>more money to do the job right.</p><p></p><p>This may sound like a smith trying to drum up more jobs, but most good smiths have more </p><p>work than they can handel. It is just advice.</p><p></p><p>Some people have had good luck with these type of builds (The ones I never hear from) but a </p><p>good smith cant roll the dice and has to produce a quality product "EVERY TIME" if he wants to </p><p>stay in business.</p><p></p><p>So armed with this information you can make the decision to go eather way, and hopefully you </p><p>will get a good shooting rifle and save a few bucks.</p><p></p><p>Just an opinion</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 696253, member: 2736"] It is true. "But", if you want the best thread fit,chamber and everything concentric don't wast your money. I have repaired/redone many pre threaded and chambered barreled actions and without exception there was something wrong with every one of them.Most had a very rough chamber that was not centered on the bore because of the very used reamer and very little cleaning of the reamer durring chambering. (Most smiths clean the reamer every .020 to .030 of cutting)unless they have a high pressure flushing system that allows them to clean less often. A short chambered and pre threaded barrel has the best chance of being OK but the thread fit is still a crap shoot. Proper Gunsmithing is more than just screwing some parts together. A quality rifle is assembled with every part hand fitted and as near perfict as possible. Anything less is just a production or factory rifle and quality is just the luck of the draw. The people that have tried this were satisfied until they compared there pre threaded and chambered rifle against a true custom built rifle, then they brought them to a smith and spent more money to do the job right. This may sound like a smith trying to drum up more jobs, but most good smiths have more work than they can handel. It is just advice. Some people have had good luck with these type of builds (The ones I never hear from) but a good smith cant roll the dice and has to produce a quality product "EVERY TIME" if he wants to stay in business. So armed with this information you can make the decision to go eather way, and hopefully you will get a good shooting rifle and save a few bucks. Just an opinion J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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