Barrel chambering question

[bkmilw]

I have a heavy varmint contour 30" Krieger blank 6mm .236 bore. What Im wondering is can I have this chambered and threaded for my stolle panda and have a switch barrel? and would I need to send the whole gun to the smith or just the barrel? thanks

 

[jr600yd]

Your "Smith" will want the barrel, action and bolt so he can thread the barrel, chamber it to the cartridge you want and make sure it has the right headspace.

 

[SF340Driver]

Yes,

Your smith will need your action along with the new barrel at a minimum. If you have bedding under the barrel tennon of your current barrel, your smith will need a measurement of the current tennon diameter to match the new barrel.

Give a smith of your choice a call and he will tell you what he needs to set it up.

 

[tightneck]

So long as it's not one of the older Panda's, all that is needed by a BR gunsmith is the barrel blank. All of the newer Panda's are headspaced and threaded pretty much the same. I have threaded sleeves that I've made up for the Kelbley and BAT actions, that make fitting the threads a snap. Keep in mind that most all the short range BR rifles utilize actions that are glued into the stock, so this type of work is done all the time.

 

[butchlambert]

A good smith will only need the barrel blank, but prefer a take off barrel to measure or the receiver. Before I started doing my own, Dwight Scott would just chamber a barrel and send it to me.
Butch