Cutting a barrel?

[guntech]

It can be a 15 minute job... complicated maybe 25 minutes... $80 an hour for shop time is reasonable both ways... it isn't like a 20 stall garage where they need $120 an hour...

 

[landphil]

and people wonder why there aren't many commercial gunsmiths in business. Be damn hard to make a living at that after any overhead.

Hahaha. Are you aware of Guntech's trade and source of livelihood?

 

[Suputin]

18.5" is the length for a semi auto. Bolt gun bbl can be any length as long as the gun OAL is 26".

 

[tiriaq]

OP is asking about cutting a barrel, not replacing a barrel.

 

[rookie wildcat]

$100 to cut and crown a barrel is horrible. It shouldn't be more than $30 to $40 in my opinion.

Welcome to the wonderful world of oil-inflated economies. I am sure that might be in BC. Maybe I'd better start sending stuff to you.
I paid $450 to the same gunsmith to have 2 P-14s reamed out to .303 Imp. Guess I'll need to get my next project through you. Thinking on a .38/.303 on another P-14.