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My son was given a old rifle. On the barrel it says " Alpine Model Special" and it is a 22-250. We were told it needs a new barrel and as I know nothing of these things I need help where we would get a good used or a new barrel.
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Must be a Sedgemoor made on a M/98, so it moust be a Large Ringe Mauser... these usually are nice rifles... but little is known about them... made by Sedgemoor Engineering in Bridgewater England... Post pics and we can help you better.
 
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Until I can find my something to take pictures with maybe this may help. On thebarrel it says " Sedemoor Eng Bridgewood England " Then there is BNA with what looks like a crown over that. Then it has 22/250 1-190 18-5tons this part is hard to read and I have read some of it wrong. And on the bottom of the shell plate there is a 97 stamped on it.
 
The vast majority of Alpines were built on Spanish Santa Barbara commercial Mauser 98 actions, while some were built on reworked military actions. I have one of each here, a .243 on a commercial action and a .30-06 on a military action. They are good, tough, reliable rifles, but generally not well known and thus somewhat undervalued.

They are basically the same rifle as a Parker Hale, but as a lesser known name tend to bring less interest than a P-H.

You may find a used barrel off a Mauser that can be fitted with minor work, but may be able to rework one from another action , provided there is enough meat in the shank to work with.

The easiest, albeit most costly is a new barrel fitted by a competent gunsmith.

I would try a good cleaning and see how the gun shoots first before I got too carried away with replacing a barrel that may not need it.
 
Slug the barrel and take a measurement, then slug only the first 6 inches from the chamber and push it out the way it came in. Measure the difference.
 
Most Spanish commercial actions carry the word "SPAIN" on the left side of the tang.
Same actions as used for the Parker-Hale - There are two types, "commercial with bulky (military style) bolt shroud and "Modernized" copies of the early FN Supreme, with streamlines bolt shroud.

Finding a replacement barrel should not be hard. Any barrel coming from a Parker-Hale 1000/1200, a Husqvarna 640 (Large Ring) or any other barrel will fit. You can also get brand new barrels with the correct thread for a Mauser 98.
 
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No cleaning the barrel, looked at it with a bore scope, don't know what they did to it but first four inches there is nothing left.
 
QUOTE>>don't know what they did to it but first four inches there is nothing left.<<ENDQUOTE

Easy with a 22-250. Fire 50+ rounds one after another on a July day on the prairies where the ambient temperature, before the barrel starts heating up, is >95+F. Make sure the ammunition has sat in the sun too for a few hours, and rattled around on a pickup truck's dash over a few hundred miles of dashboard gravel. No problem. You too can duplicate these results. It's even easier with a .264 Win. Mag., a 308 Norma Mag. or any Weatherby caliber.
 
I'll tell you what they did to it....They shot it, a LOT!!
The throat is washed from a lot of burning powder, and a replacement barrel is in order.

I have done that same thing to a number of rifles over the years, a couple of Swifts, a 7mm STW, 3 - 6mm Remington's and a couple of 6.5x55's.
It takes a fair bit of shooting to wash 4-5" of throat and rifling, but it will happen if you shoot it enough.

Of course, one can accelerate the rate of erosion, simply by shooting the rifle "hot" [many shot in succession without allowing it to cool]

Nevertheless, it is probably worth rebarrelling, particularly if it has sentimental value as well.

Regards, Dave.
 
You are looking at a barrel replacement... I would suggest going to a 243, a bit more useful in most cases. It is not going to be cheap. A quality custom barrel all finished and ready to shoot will probably run you from $600 to $700.
 
Ok I need a new barrel, so can some one tell me when I go looking for a barrel "I need a barrel for a ?" I still need to know what gun this is so I can go looking for a new or good used barrel.
 
You need a gunsmith. Fitting a new barrel isn't a do it yourself job.

It's a Mauser 98 large ring, large thread ... 99% sure it is 1.1" x 12 tpi. There were very few large ring small threads 1" x 12 tpi made.
 
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