ORIGINAL: mainehunt
eldeguello,
True, I did think of that. I wonder what would be the cheapest, reboring or a new barrel? With the use of the milling machine and lathe, I can duplicate the contour of the other barrel.
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Hmmm.....please talk me through this guys, I am really undecided.
Thanks everyone, Kevin
It used to be cheaper to get a barrel rebored. It probably depends on who does it. I had two reboring jobs done by the old A & M rifle company in Prescott AZ (a .33 WCF M86 to .45/70 and an M71 .348 to .450 Alaskan), and both guns shot better AFTER they were rebored. This often happens when a smaller bore is increased significantly!
Speaking of recoil, Elmer Keith was a small guy, and he was considered "recoil-proof"!! If you shoot enough big guns, this often happens. (Particularly if you wear a huge white Stetson, a Cape Buffalo bolo tie, and smoke big enough cigars!!)