How easy(or not) is it to rebarrel a 91/30?

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Ive looked at a few 91/30's locally and all seem to have dark old worn looking bores, is this normal or are we just down to the well used ones with not many good ones left to be found?

And what would it roughly cost to rebarrel one?
 
They are the same as a Win 70 or Ruger 77......... 1"-16 tpi Are you looking for a VG model metal and wood or do you care about the stock? My buddy has about 30 returned wood dinged up from a recent BNE metal VG
 
They are surplus gunz brotha, cheaper to buy a new ish one. They were made back in a time when stuff was built to last forever and a day. Goodluck wearing out the barrel, if you haven't shopped for one, if its got cosmo in it, you wont be able to check the barrel anyway, its kind of a crap shoot. Look for one that doesnt look beat up and seems nice for you, shoot her and enjoy. Re-barrelling would likely cost more than the trouble. Goodluck with your search and happy shooting.
 
Don't rebarrel a cheap surplus rifle. Not cost effective, probably cost more than buying another 91/30... I bought one and it had a mint bore, luck of the draw.
 
st1264 said:
Don't rebarrel a cheap surplus rifle. Not cost effective, probably cost more than buying another 91/30... I bought one and it had a mint bore, luck of the draw.
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Yeah I think ill go with the cheapest one I can find and just see how it goes.
 
I seen westrifle selling barrels awhile about for 80$, a mosin is 160 alone.... Even if your barrel is pitted or whatever it is it will still shot good in my experience. I think a K31 would be in better shape if you looking for a decent shiney bore.
 
Rifter said:
Is this possible? im a pretty handy guy, do most of my own menchaical work up to swapping engines but have never worked on a gun before.
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It's not overly difficult. The barrel on a mosin is simply torqued on as you can see in the video above. Then it's a matter of getting a barrel blank in the diameter of the caliber you plan on using. Then you have to thread the barrel to fit in your receiver, make a slot on the end of the barrel for the extractor if you're using a rimmed caliber, torque it on (if you made the extractor cut, then you have to align it properly). After the barrel is on, you must get a chamber reamer to make the chamber and after all that you have to do the headspacing, which is a whole other box of frogs.

I'm sure desporterizer will be around shortly as I probably missed a step or 2
 
mrbeil said:
It's not overly difficult. The barrel on a mosin is simply torqued on as you can see in the video above. Then it's a matter of getting a barrel blank in the diameter of the caliber you plan on using. Then you have to thread the barrel to fit in your receiver, make a slot on the end of the barrel for the extractor if you're using a rimmed caliber, torque it on (if you made the extractor cut, then you have to align it properly). After the barrel is on, you must get a chamber reamer to make the chamber and after all that you have to do the headspacing, which is a whole other box of frogs.

I'm sure desporterizer will be around shortly as I probably missed a step or 2
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If you plan on using the original sights, you also need to mill the front sight base & the dovetail for the rear sight. The front & rear sight bases are what make the procedure "interesting". You could also bore out the original barrel to make sleeves of the original bases but I wouldn't go that route. One day I will do it when I have accumulated all the needed equipment but that won't be anytime soon. Seeing somebody re-barrel a mosin would certainly be a refreshing change of pace from the old cut & recrowning a pitted worn original & expecting it to dance a jig.
 
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