My job is no longer being a gunsmith thats why I send it out. I still do some on the side, but for rebarreling a rifle, I send it out to the barrel maker and they fit it to my actions.I have rebarreled several rifles myself but now,its easier for me tofarm it out then to do it myself. I dont have a lathe and mill at my houseor the reamers for barreling. I can do it if I really wanted to, but just easy for somebody else that does it everyday to do the hard work. Anybody can take a barrel off and thread on a prefitted barrel.But what if the threads are not right? How you gonna headspace the chamber if you dont have the reamers?What if the action aint square? Ever mess with an old Enfield 303 british? To me it aint worth the trouble of saving a few pennies. Thenew stock I put on it was more then what I wanted to do after it was done. New stock & new barrel= new gun for my now ex-brother in law. I can do just about everything "IF"I had the equipent to do it on. I just dont have it anymore. I do it as a hobby now.My job description now is a CNC machinst makinggunsmithing tools and gun sights for other companies now. It pays better then gunsmithing. If you see Trijicon, Heinie, Wilson, C-More, Warren, Colt, Ameriglo. They aremy paychecks.[8D] Friday we got a contract for 50,000 Glock sights.

I have severl gunsmithing "unfinished" projects and this reminds me, I need to get working on a project I started years ago. Im building a rifle for my dad. A Win. Mod. 70 with a Shilen Match grade.308 barrel (that I threaded and chambered).All I need to do is finish inletting the Birdseye Maple stock and get it sanded down and finished.