rebore H and R barrel
- Thread starter 6.5x55swm
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- Western Manitoba
Until recently I had a Mauser barrel reamed out to .350" by Bob Jury - was not rifled - I think he might be in Red Deer, Alberta? Without putting measuring tools or gauges to it, seemed to be a very fine job, but the work was not done for me - was for a previous owner of the rifle.
Your 30/30 barrel likely has .308" or .309" groove to groove dimensions, so whatever you desire to bore it out would likely need to be larger diameter than that - not certain what your plans would be for re-chamber, not sure what 30/30 H&R lock-up and breech can handle - but most anything can be done with enough $$$.
Your 30/30 barrel likely has .308" or .309" groove to groove dimensions, so whatever you desire to bore it out would likely need to be larger diameter than that - not certain what your plans would be for re-chamber, not sure what 30/30 H&R lock-up and breech can handle - but most anything can be done with enough $$$.
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- Western Manitoba
Re-bore the rifle normally means that you want to make the hole inside to a bigger size - maybe you meant to re-contour the barrel?? That would be leave inside alone, but peel thickness off the outside, then re-attach sights and re-blue?? I guess that would also leave a gap around the fore end??
unstableryan
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I picked up one of those in .44 mag and it was a 20 gauge blank with a .44 hole in it. I had hoped it would be a lightweight single shot but it wasn’t. I get how you feel.
A friend liked it and I taught him how to load subsonic heavy’s for yard use. He has neighbours, but they don’t hear/care at all with subsonic. They aren’t expensive rifles, maybe sell it towards something already built to your wants. A Henry single shot 30-30 weighs 6.69 lbs with a 22 inch barrel.
A friend liked it and I taught him how to load subsonic heavy’s for yard use. He has neighbours, but they don’t hear/care at all with subsonic. They aren’t expensive rifles, maybe sell it towards something already built to your wants. A Henry single shot 30-30 weighs 6.69 lbs with a 22 inch barrel.
Ron Smith will rebore rifles as well. He quoted me just under $400 a while ago for a rebore and you will still need to get it chambered. But keep in mind an H&R is not a valuable rifle and reboring it will not increase it's value at all. You will get much better results for a that kind of investment having it recontoured and reblued or coated. Or better yet, either live with it or sell it.
Ever considered just buying a replacement?
It's not exactly rare or expensive a rifle. How much do you want to throw away on it? Would you be better off buying what suits you, for the same or less money?
Just sayin'. Lots of guys modding these down South, but they do it because they are cheap and readily available. Rebores are not all that cheap, or all that available...
highlander
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- Newfoundland
Your keeping it the same calibre ?
want to make the rifle lighter, how about shortening and recrowning the barrel instead and leave the bore alone? do some skeletonizing of the stock, or perhaps have the barrel fluted. making the hole bigger is not the normal way to make a rifle lighter....
I figure the OP got one of the BPCR type rifles that H&R made, with longer than normal barrels, and heavier than normal profiles.
The simple solution, as I see it, is to buy a new complete rifle, with a decent sized barrel to suit his needs.
As another fella stated, he got a 20G barrel with a .44 cal bore, so they were playing pretty hard with making what they had, cover a lot of eventualities!
My two best solutions are to buy what he like off the shelf, or to buy a replacement barrel that will work as an interchange with the original action.
I figure the OP has not really a good idea what the actual work might cost him. And though I cannot give a price quote, I am pretty sure a replacement gun is probably the answer, a replacement barrel may be, and a Re-bore is likely a third place winner in the general comparison of how to get things done!
The simple solution, as I see it, is to buy a new complete rifle, with a decent sized barrel to suit his needs.
As another fella stated, he got a 20G barrel with a .44 cal bore, so they were playing pretty hard with making what they had, cover a lot of eventualities!
My two best solutions are to buy what he like off the shelf, or to buy a replacement barrel that will work as an interchange with the original action.
I figure the OP has not really a good idea what the actual work might cost him. And though I cannot give a price quote, I am pretty sure a replacement gun is probably the answer, a replacement barrel may be, and a Re-bore is likely a third place winner in the general comparison of how to get things done!
