I want to get the barrel threaded on my RFB but living on the east coast I am going to be shipping the barrel away. I have never had this done before but I have phoned to get a couple of quotes and so far it varies from $95-$250. I am not really sure what the norm is for this who even does it.
Going rate for barrel threading?
- Thread starter sapper043
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I just installed a brake this week for a chap. Had to strip the rifle down to barrel and receiver, then use a mandrel in the four jaw chuck to hold the receiver. Dialed in on the barrel shank, muzzle was on the live center. Cut the threads, set up the barrelled receiver again, crowned the muzzle. Reassembled the rifle. Took about 2 1/2 hours, with the fooling around, the barrel not being readily detachable. Starting with a stripped barrel, a lot less time would be required, probably a half to three quarters of an hour. Start at $50, maybe go up a bit more. Plus the round trip postage. Going to scare $100, maybe more.
- Location
- East ontario
If you are looking for a smith that has done an RFB before then contact casey at Tac Ord.
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Its a thin walled square action. I wasn't going to take the chance of damaging the action on someone else's expensive and hard to get rifle.
Not on this particular rifle, but on a couple of others I've used a mandrel inside the receiver when holding the receiver externally wasn't a good idea. My lathe will pass about 1 1/2"; sometimes there are work arounds.
