I live in west central Illinois 50 miles south of Rock Island. I have a couple of centerfire rifles I am thinking of having re-barreled for long range shooting. One for target and one for varmints.
Is there a good rifle gunsmith anywhere within 150 miles who has some experience with this kind of setup?
Lee Gardner is in Matoon I believe and can chamber a benchrest quality barrel for you. I think his business is Lee Gardner Precision. Let me add that he has a quick turnaround too.
Last edited by B R Shooter; 09-17-2016 at 05:17 AM.
I T &D advertises in SGN. I think they are in Illinois. I'm just throwing that out there.
I found a man who is local(65Miles) who is a gunsmith. He used to work as an an armorer for the Army rifle team. He has done several of this type re-barreling job. He even prefers to work on the Remington 700 action which is what I am using.
I left my rifle and a Bartlein barrel with him early last week. He said it would be finished in 3 weeks or less. It will be interesting to see how this works out.
When I get it back, I will post some pictures and groups.
I got my rifle re-barrelled and got all the parts together. The gunsmith(Jim Knapp) got my rifle back to me in 1 week to the day from when I dropped off the rifle and barrel blank.
I posted a review in another forum on this site. The review can be found here. http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...orta-new-30-06
Jim seems to have done a good job with it. Things look very promising.
Posting Permissions
| BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
| BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
| BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
| C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
| HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
| PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
| LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
| GC | Gas Check |
Reply With Quote