More Re-Barreling questions

[jtoews80]

I've got a 300 wby MkV deluxe that I bought because I thought it was a good deal, actually I paid to much. I already had a accumark 30-378. Now I have a pile of brass for the 30-378 and 40 rnds only for the 300, so I bought a new takeoff barrel and brake for a 30-378 that will fit the 300's action. The question is where to get the bolt face opened up and new tube put on? I've got a green kid that wants to do it, but I'm not liking the idea. I also thought that since the biggest issue with the 300 is recoil I could just thread the barrel and instal the brake that came with the new barrel. How difficult is this operation. I'd rather lose the 300 barrel than the new 30-378 barrel. Is there any canucks on here that can recommend a good smith.

CC

 

[6ppcar]

What about the the feed rails and the magazine, will they work with the larger case?

 

[FOTIS]

Get a good smith and have a long talk. As you can see there is a huge dimensional diff between the two.

 

[JD338]

jtoews80,

Go to www.longrangehunting.com and get ahold of Kirby Allen "fiftydriver" or Shawn Carlock.
Both of these gentlemen build long range rifles. They will also be able to guide you with the international laws.

JD338

 

[jtoews80]

I would love to get either of those guys to do it, but the international thing will out my rifle into an 11 month import process to get back into the country after the work. There is a well known smith in Saskachewan, Ted Gaillard. He does alot of rebarreling and is quite reasonable. Unfortunately, he prefers to work on Rem 700's and has a sizable wait. I don't think it will exceed 5 months tho.

CC

 

[Guy Miner]

I'm at a loss for their names, but there are a couple of highly regarded rifle builders in British Columbia. I shoot a match in Chilliwack now and again, and am always impressed by the quality of shooters and their equipment. Not to mention that it's a beautifully manicured range, unlike the brown weeds, thorns, tumbleweeds and sagebrush of my own range.

Someone from the BCRA ought to be able to put you in touch with the good smiths there. I got the impression that two or three guys build most of the rifles used in competition in B.C.

Regards, Guy

 

[jtoews80]

The builder you could be thinking of is probably the Corlane shop: www.rockymountainrifles.com they are very good. They do a lot of custom builds and work.

 

[jtoews80]

OK, the barrel finally arrived. I've asked around the local gun ppl and found a smith in Bashaw AB, the shop was a Weatherby warranty dealer until a year or two ago(to much work to handle for their shop). They can do the work and/or refered me to a current wby dealer that is approved by wby to do warranty work who has the reamer in case the barrel won't index and headspace gauges on hand.
The Bashaw smith does rebarreling quite a bit and quoted a price of 45 Cad for the bolt face, $17 for a new extractor(not compatible with the 300), and $75 to install the barrel if we don't have issues with getting it to index that the caliber markings are were we want them.

 

[jtoews80]

LOL, I may just end up storing that new barrel. I took the 300 out to "empty" the last brass I had loads in and it still shot a 2" group free standing, which has to be more luck that skill.
Definitly need to shoot this thing a bit more before changing out the tube. THe two big factors are: once the bolt face is altered, the only options I have are 7mm/378wby, 30-378wby, 338-378wby, 378wby, 416wby or 460wby all of which are HUGE. Now huge is cool, but so is a 257wby or maybe a 270wby. These are not options after the bolt face is opened.

Secondly, if it ain't broke.... the 30-378 accumark I have will need a barrel long before the 300 will. Another thing is that with a standard magnum boltface on a long magnum action like the Mark V, I could go to any one of the RUM cartridges or the wildcats based on those cases like the 6.5mm RUM or 338 Edge and have a unique rifle that is easy to find components for, as opposed to being tied to a proprietary lineup of brass and ammo.

These are all things to consider and waiting may be the best thing to do before doing anything.

CC

Does anybody have any suggestions as to how to store a new barrel for a long time without it rusting???

 

[Powerstroke]

Move to Colorado????
Thankfully the rust issue is one thing we don't have to worry about here.
I'm going to foul the spelling up here, but what about the cosmoline that some used to come drenched in ??

 

[Guest]

Your best bet on storage is to really oil it down good (with something super protectant, like Birchwood-Casey Barricade) and then store it in a silicone impregnated gunsock. I have an older shotgun with multiple barrels (from before choke tubes) and I keep the barrel not on the gun in a sock, oiled well, sitting in the back of my safe. Been there for numerous years (and in my dad's safe prior to that...) without any incident.