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- SE corner Sk
What would be a fair price for a zastava LK M70 6.5 barrel with sights?
Guy has one and is asking $300, not sure if that a ok price?
Guy has one and is asking $300, not sure if that a ok price?
Idea on cost of take off barrel?
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Blastattack
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- Winnipeg MB
$300 is a rip-off. $125 is a good price, maybe $150 if the sights are desirable. Add maybe another $50 if the barrel is Stainless. Takeoff barrels are not worth much, certainly not more than half the cost of buying a new gun.
300 is certainly a lot more than I see Savage or Remington barrels for on the EE... How common are the m70 barrels you're looking for? Seems to me they're guns people buy to shoot rather than upgrade so there might be some scarcity to drive up the value some?
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- SE corner Sk
I'd say a bit uncommon for a factory take off for the zastava. It is a M98 type action so barrels are fairly common.
Don't know about Zastava specifically, but the likelihood of the barrel screwing into your receiver, with acceptable bolt nose clearance, headspace within range, and the sights top dead center is really low.
$300 for a take-off is high. A take-off barrel is a pig in a poke. Might be a good one, might not be worth bothering with.
$300 for a take-off is high. A take-off barrel is a pig in a poke. Might be a good one, might not be worth bothering with.
This, even half that much is on the high side.
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- Fraser Valley, B.C.
Even when looking for tikka take off barrels which are known to headspace good and not have issues I refuse to pay more than 200 shipped and that’s only for stainless varmints unfired.
I’d say 150 is the higher end for that actions barrels. Just like everyone else.
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I’d say 150 is the higher end for that actions barrels. Just like everyone else.
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If the barrel has to be fitted - indexed, boltnose clearance adjusted, headspaced - the gunsmithing is going to substantially increase the cost of rebarreling. Installation is going to cost as much as fitting a new barrel.
IF a take-off is a fine barrel, and I have had good luck with them, and IF you don't have to pay someone to do the fitting, a take-off can be a real bargain.
IF a take-off is a fine barrel, and I have had good luck with them, and IF you don't have to pay someone to do the fitting, a take-off can be a real bargain.
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Jonnyofalltrades
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- North-central Saskatchewan
You can buy a Green Mountain blank from NINE35 for $180. Unless the profile or sights or something is really special, I'd pay no more than $150 for a take-off.
Aren't the majority of factory take-offs claimed to be unfired or "less than a box down the pipe"
I've mostly won at the used barrel lottery but I am very skeptical and won't lose my shirt.
Much like a used engine or automatic transmission for sale sitting on a pallet that "ran great when pulled"
I can't speak for the rest of you guys but in my case when I find the rare factory barrel that shoots consistently excellent with a wide range of bullet weights and powders and doesn't pick up copper it is a keeper...no way it is going on the EE for 150$.
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- SE corner Sk
Yeah, looking at nine35, those are green mountain ones.
I'll keep looking to see if I can find a take off barrel for around $150 or so.
Currently out of stock, but Brownells offers an in the white short chambered 24" 6.5x55 sporting rifle barrel threaded for the 98 Mauser for US$129.95.
No idea what it would take to get one across the razor wire.
The Green Mountain barrels would need to be threaded and chambered.
A take-off 6.5.x55 large ring Mauser sporting rifle barrel might turn up - but I wouldn't hold my breath. Maybe you could get one of the Intersurplus rifles from Sweden, harvest the barrel from it and sell the action and stock assembly. That could work out to be a reasonable expense.
There is a FN sporting 98 6.5x55 @$369. Receiver has a scope mounted, three holes for a side mount.
There is also a left hand Tikka Model 65 in 6.5x55. You might want to check it out. Left hand 6.5x55s don't turn up very often.
No idea what it would take to get one across the razor wire.
The Green Mountain barrels would need to be threaded and chambered.
A take-off 6.5.x55 large ring Mauser sporting rifle barrel might turn up - but I wouldn't hold my breath. Maybe you could get one of the Intersurplus rifles from Sweden, harvest the barrel from it and sell the action and stock assembly. That could work out to be a reasonable expense.
There is a FN sporting 98 6.5x55 @$369. Receiver has a scope mounted, three holes for a side mount.
There is also a left hand Tikka Model 65 in 6.5x55. You might want to check it out. Left hand 6.5x55s don't turn up very often.
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