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<blockquote data-quote="Garycrow" data-source="post: 1018263" data-attributes="member: 30743"><p>You don't need to go through a FFL to have your rifle worked on, you can ship straight to a gunsmith. </p><p></p><p>There are hundreds of gunsmiths that can true up and rebarrel a remington M700, it's the most common rifle to rebarrel that there is and most any gunsmith can do it. I'm sure there are several in your area that could do a good job, and folks will be along shortly offering the name of their favored smith. For a long action you've basically got the 30-06, 280, 270, 25-06 and their ackley variations to choose from. You could also do a 6mm-06 or 6.5-06 as wildcats or 6.5x284. I'd go to <a href="http://www.bugholes.com" target="_blank">Southern Precision Rifles</a> or butches reloading and pick one of their in stock barrels once you've decided on a chambering. They stock a lot of barrels and it's much preferable to waiting 6 months to order one. My current favorite barrel is Bartlein, I've used 3 of them lately and all three have been fantastic. A #3 contour is a medium-slightly heavy contour and a good choice for a hunting rifle. Be aware that Bartlein uses a different contour system than anyone else, what everyone else calls a #3 Bartlein calls a #2b. A #3 Bartlein is pretty heavy, the same as everyone else's #4. I personally wouldn't go longer than 24" on anything I planned to hunt with, the very slight amount of velocity you give up is more than worth it for avoiding the headaches that a 26" or longer barrel will give you in the woods.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garycrow, post: 1018263, member: 30743"] You don't need to go through a FFL to have your rifle worked on, you can ship straight to a gunsmith. There are hundreds of gunsmiths that can true up and rebarrel a remington M700, it's the most common rifle to rebarrel that there is and most any gunsmith can do it. I'm sure there are several in your area that could do a good job, and folks will be along shortly offering the name of their favored smith. For a long action you've basically got the 30-06, 280, 270, 25-06 and their ackley variations to choose from. You could also do a 6mm-06 or 6.5-06 as wildcats or 6.5x284. I'd go to [url=http://www.bugholes.com]Southern Precision Rifles[/url] or butches reloading and pick one of their in stock barrels once you've decided on a chambering. They stock a lot of barrels and it's much preferable to waiting 6 months to order one. My current favorite barrel is Bartlein, I've used 3 of them lately and all three have been fantastic. A #3 contour is a medium-slightly heavy contour and a good choice for a hunting rifle. Be aware that Bartlein uses a different contour system than anyone else, what everyone else calls a #3 Bartlein calls a #2b. A #3 Bartlein is pretty heavy, the same as everyone else's #4. I personally wouldn't go longer than 24" on anything I planned to hunt with, the very slight amount of velocity you give up is more than worth it for avoiding the headaches that a 26" or longer barrel will give you in the woods. [/QUOTE]
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