Rebarrel 204 Ruger to 300 Win Mag in a Ruger #1?

[thehouseproduct]

Title says it. I want a 300 Win Mag #1B real bad and they stopped making them. I can buy a new 204 Ruger cheap enough.

[Kenny Wasserburger]

By one in 7 Mag then the extractor is the right one and just rebarrel.

KW
The Lunger

Need to use same barrel contour also for the hanger and the forearm.

[fireball168]

You can buy the ejector you need for less than $15 with delivery expense.

[BruceB]

By the time you pay a DECENT gunsmith to re-barrel the #1 with a quality barrel, your "cheap" .204 will have increased in price by about $700...I just checked the price-list at Alkali International (gunsmiths), which is close to my address. The action will accept virtually any cartridge, though.

I took a quick look at #1 rifles on Gunsamerica. There's a stainless/laminated #1 in .300 Win Mag, new-in-the-box for $1249 (#924205152). There's also #926383134, an as-new .300 Winchester for $800.

If you aren't fixated on the Winchester magnum, there are several #1 rifles there in .300 H&H....which I would prefer, being a handloader and dealing with the single-shot.....plus, there's the "romance factor" with the H&H.

[missionary5155]

Good morning
If the barrel has enough diameter do not overlook have it rebored.

[leftiye]

Or rechamber 300 H&H to 300 Win maybe.

[leftiye]

Gosh, nobody flamed me! The H&H is about .3" longer than the Win. 300. You'd have to set back the barrel (or make long necked brass outta H&H brass). 300 Weatherby would be a straight recut of the chamber. P.S. Several Win mags on gunbroker IIRC as low as about $700 US.

[thehouseproduct]

Gosh, nobody flamed me! The H&H is about .3" longer than the Win. 300. You'd have to set back the barrel (or make long necked brass outta H&H brass). 300 Weatherby would be a straight recut of the chamber. P.S. Several Win mags on gunbroker IIRC as low as about $700 US.

The ones on there are #1S, not #1B. I'm pretty sure I'll rebarrel.

[John Taylor]

$700 for a re-barrel seems a bit high, or I'm not charging enough for my work.

[George Tucker]

Why not buy a take off 30-06 #1 barrel off ebay and have it chambered to 300 mag, install the right extractor, i bought 2 of the 30-06 barrels 26" long and chambered to 300 H&H.