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<blockquote data-quote="Bigeclipse" data-source="post: 1018225" data-attributes="member: 52437"><p>Hey all,</p><p>I am thinking about having my remington 700 3006 Mountain SS rebarreled but I dont have a gunsmith around my neck of the woods. I would like to keep it in it's current stock. The stock comes from factory remington but I believe it is a Bell and Carlson CLASSIC medalist. Anyways here are my questions:</p><p> </p><p>1) Does anyone know of a gunsmith I can ship my rifle to have it rebarreled?</p><p>2) I would like to keep the rifle in its current lighter form BUT I think I do want a thicker barrel...if you were to go to Pac Nors website, the current barrel is similar to their #1 contour barrel...I am thinking of going to a #3 contour type barrel to help with the barrel whip effect which means the stock would have to be inletted a bit. What do you think? Also, the current barrel is 22inches im thinking of going 24inches but since this is not a super long range rifle (400-500 yard max) I dont think I need longer for more speed. thoughts?</p><p>3) I am thinking of changing caliber. 3006 would be fine for my needs but wondering what your thoughts are. It is primarily a deer rifle. It is a long action so I think that means id have to stick with long action calibers.</p><p>4) I am also thinking if this is going to a gunsmith, they might as well bed the rifle after installing the barrel. What do you think costs would be like, I am not rich so I am trying to keep expenses down if i can.</p><p> </p><p>From what I have seen, decent barrels from criterion, shilen, pac nor...etc are about 400 dollars. Bedding a rifle looks to cost about 150 or so dollars, and I am not sure how much the gunsmith would charge for inletting a thicker barrel. Shipping/FFL transfer would probably cost me 50 bucks. so I was thinking anywhere from 600-800$ all said and done. Is this a waste of money? For that, I could buy a used savage 10/110 action and build another savage myself, which recently worked out well for me. It bugs me that the best load I have established for my remington 700 is just under an inch at 100yards. I have tested 3 different bullets and 3 different powder combos. Do I need a better load to get me to 500...probably not, but again...it bugs me haha.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigeclipse, post: 1018225, member: 52437"] Hey all, I am thinking about having my remington 700 3006 Mountain SS rebarreled but I dont have a gunsmith around my neck of the woods. I would like to keep it in it's current stock. The stock comes from factory remington but I believe it is a Bell and Carlson CLASSIC medalist. Anyways here are my questions: 1) Does anyone know of a gunsmith I can ship my rifle to have it rebarreled? 2) I would like to keep the rifle in its current lighter form BUT I think I do want a thicker barrel...if you were to go to Pac Nors website, the current barrel is similar to their #1 contour barrel...I am thinking of going to a #3 contour type barrel to help with the barrel whip effect which means the stock would have to be inletted a bit. What do you think? Also, the current barrel is 22inches im thinking of going 24inches but since this is not a super long range rifle (400-500 yard max) I dont think I need longer for more speed. thoughts? 3) I am thinking of changing caliber. 3006 would be fine for my needs but wondering what your thoughts are. It is primarily a deer rifle. It is a long action so I think that means id have to stick with long action calibers. 4) I am also thinking if this is going to a gunsmith, they might as well bed the rifle after installing the barrel. What do you think costs would be like, I am not rich so I am trying to keep expenses down if i can. From what I have seen, decent barrels from criterion, shilen, pac nor...etc are about 400 dollars. Bedding a rifle looks to cost about 150 or so dollars, and I am not sure how much the gunsmith would charge for inletting a thicker barrel. Shipping/FFL transfer would probably cost me 50 bucks. so I was thinking anywhere from 600-800$ all said and done. Is this a waste of money? For that, I could buy a used savage 10/110 action and build another savage myself, which recently worked out well for me. It bugs me that the best load I have established for my remington 700 is just under an inch at 100yards. I have tested 3 different bullets and 3 different powder combos. Do I need a better load to get me to 500...probably not, but again...it bugs me haha. [/QUOTE]
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