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<blockquote data-quote="bgordon" data-source="post: 23609" data-attributes="member: 519"><p>Tim,</p><p>I use a switch barrel system that is probably what you are envisioning. It started out as a Remington 700 in 243 with a varmint weight barrel. I have had 3 other barrels done for the rifle in various calibers.</p><p>There are positives and negatives to the concept. The biggest difficulty associated with a switch barrel setup based upon anything other than Savage actions is that it still takes a gunsmith to initially set up the barrel. The second drawback, as has already been mentioned, is that the rifle effectively becomes a single shot without quite a bit of additional time and money expended, at least most of the time.</p><p>It is also a bit of a pain to be switching barrels, stocks, and scopes on a whim because of the problem of rezeroing. Once I even grabbed the wrong ammunition because I forgot that I had switched barrels the previous time out shooting.</p><p></p><p>The only way I would consider it a viable option is as a special purpose target rifle similar to the function filled by the Tubb 2000 rifle. For anything else it such a pain that I would much prefer to have multiple rifles. In case you were wondering, my switch barrel setup is a tactical style stock similar to the McMillan A4 except for being made from a laminate blank. The action is a Remington 700 short action with a single shot carrier welded in place. The barrels are the factory 243 varmint barrel, a 22-250 varmint barrel, a 22-250 Ack Imp 1-8 twist target barrel for 600 yard target use, and a 6.5-08 (260 Remington) 1-8 twist barrel for 1000 yard target use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bgordon, post: 23609, member: 519"] Tim, I use a switch barrel system that is probably what you are envisioning. It started out as a Remington 700 in 243 with a varmint weight barrel. I have had 3 other barrels done for the rifle in various calibers. There are positives and negatives to the concept. The biggest difficulty associated with a switch barrel setup based upon anything other than Savage actions is that it still takes a gunsmith to initially set up the barrel. The second drawback, as has already been mentioned, is that the rifle effectively becomes a single shot without quite a bit of additional time and money expended, at least most of the time. It is also a bit of a pain to be switching barrels, stocks, and scopes on a whim because of the problem of rezeroing. Once I even grabbed the wrong ammunition because I forgot that I had switched barrels the previous time out shooting. The only way I would consider it a viable option is as a special purpose target rifle similar to the function filled by the Tubb 2000 rifle. For anything else it such a pain that I would much prefer to have multiple rifles. In case you were wondering, my switch barrel setup is a tactical style stock similar to the McMillan A4 except for being made from a laminate blank. The action is a Remington 700 short action with a single shot carrier welded in place. The barrels are the factory 243 varmint barrel, a 22-250 varmint barrel, a 22-250 Ack Imp 1-8 twist target barrel for 600 yard target use, and a 6.5-08 (260 Remington) 1-8 twist barrel for 1000 yard target use. [/QUOTE]
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