Vapodog

I was busy this winter building several guns....

A .375 H & H on a M-70 classic
A .264 Mag on a M-70 push feed
a .35 Whelen (posted)
A .280 Rem
A 6mm Rem
a Mannlicher .30-06 (posted but not yet checkered
A .30-06 synthetic truck gun
A .338-06
A .270 on a Rimrock synthetic

And this one.....a 9.3 X 62 on a Turk K. Kales Mauser....(checkering by Carol in Minnesota)

M7025-06

Very nice

I've always wanted to build something like that.

Where you from Vapodog?

Wolf killer

Vapodog,

That is a very nice looking rifle. I would like to rebarrel an old Parker Hale 270-Winchester. Would you care to give me some advise on cost and turn around time?

Thanks,

WK

JOE PA

As an amateur, I customized a few Mausers years ago. One Argentine that I made into a .270, a few Peruvians (I think), the slightly shorter ones, that were 7x57s. When I see the price of military Mausers and Springfields these days, I just thought that very few people could be customizing them any more. You do very nice work.

Vapodog

Southwest Nebraska about 30 miles from Kansas and 60 miles from Colorado.....

M7025-06

Got ya. I've got family in the same part of the state and I grew up south of Lexington.

Vapodog

I'm not sure how much info you want.....but lets start this way.....

I do almost all my own work..... follow this:

1. Basic milsurp rifle.....$200
2. Douglas barrel, $200
3. Williams sights $50
4. Bluing $100
5. walnut blank...$200 (and a lot more)
6. Routing blank, $160
7. Dakota bolt handle $6
8. Dakota three pos safety...$120
9. Recoil pad, $35
10. Dakota swiver bases. $25
11. Stock finishing supplies, $35
12. Checkering (I buy this), $200
13. heat treating action, $35
14. Timney trigger, $45
15. Custom hinged bottom metal, $125

And I am assuming I have the chambering reamer which might add another $125....

Converting a milsurp Mauser is not a cheap thing to do even if you do your own work!...I still have iver $1,000 in this rifle!

To simply rebarrel your Parker Hale:
1. New barrel......anywhere from $85 to $400
2 Fitting the barrel to the action $150 (Normally includes polish for bluing, engraving caliber on barrel, cutting to length, crowning muzzle, test firing a cartridge.)....can easily run much more
3. reblue barreled action, $140
4. inletting stock for new barrel.....?????

Don't let anyone kid you....rebarreling is usually $400 by the time it's all done.......you're usually better off financially to trade the gun!

BTW....I am an amateur and build my own rifles only.....the only outside work I do is occasionally jewel bolts.