What is a fair/reasonable price to pay to have a short chambered barrel, finish chambered? I have the reamer and gauges, so it is just a labor cost question.
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What is a fair/reasonable price to pay to have a short chambered barrel, finish chambered? I have the reamer and gauges, so it is just a labor cost question.
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Thread, fit, and chamber was running around $250 a few years ago.
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Depends on where you are. ~ $150 around here.
Bolt gun: I do it myself, and be careful doing it.
Measure measure measure, and in reaming take the last little really slow, fitting and measuring often. You can get very close to min headspace, and I have a couple guns I did this way shoot Very well for me. Be especially cognizant about potential to side load the reamer when turning by hand, use a very good oil (I use tapping/reaming oil) and NEVER turn the reamer backward to remove from chamber. If you turn a reamer backward you will ruin the cutting surface. Be careful, some short chambers are also tight diametrically as well. Gently insert the reamer in a well lubed chamber and start turning by hand Before it tightens up.
It might be a case of what I call--- 'make your best deal'.
I had one done back in the early 90's. I got the local gunsmith that sort of specialized
in putting on those high dollar, match barrel blanks to do a perfect job on mine for $75.
He did it 'time available' where he'd fit it in when he was already set up for one, or wasn't busy.
It took a couple of months to get it out instead of a few days or a week or two, but I was OK with that.
Now days, with the help of these guys here, and maybe some youtube videos--
I'd get a brand new can of Brownell's 'do-drill' cutting oil and very, very carefully and slowly do it myself.
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So, $40.00 would be reasonable?
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Depends if the smith in question already has the reamer and gauges or not, but you have that covered already. Probably $100-$150 range it it's already short-chambered for the labor.
If you can get it done for that-- you've got negotiating skills so good you could trade in for a new car,Originally Posted by roysha
and get the dealership to owe you money.
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This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
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Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
I usually get $175 for that, plus any polishing work or other things that are desired.
Are you saying you've got someone willing to do it for that price and you're wondering if it is fair?
Or are you saying you are going to offer that price to a gunsmith?
Or ???
Since everything is done except for removing the last .010" of the short chamber, chamber polishing, and screwing it on it should be about half of what they get for installing a blank.
$40.00 would be a steal.
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