M1A - Installing 7mm-08 Heavy Barrel

[pee-shooter]

HELP! - Can any of you out there direct me to a Gunsmith with the experience to install a 7mm-08 Heavy Barrel on to either a SA M1A Receiver or a Fulton Armory M1A Reveiver.

I know that Springfield Armory used to offer this option however they have long ago stopped and have no interest in the project. I also contacted Fulton Armory and they too declined any interest in my project.

I have 2 7mm-08 bull barrels that I bought in 1986 and never had them installed. One is a Kreiger S.S. 7mm blank with no chamber reaming yet. The other is from Olympia Arms and is black parkerized steel with initial chamber reaming done.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanx

 

[jameydan]

Google any of these gunsmiths. I would suspect there is no reason they can not do a 7mm barrel. They all profile barrels (vs installing factory profiled) for M1's and M14 rifles:

Roland Beaver, Old Corps
Dave Sullivan, Westwind Rifles
Dave Ferrante, Heart Mountain Machine.

Ferrante has profiled and installed several Obermeyer and Bartlein barrels for my M1A's.
There was a 7-08 for sale a few months ago on nationalmatch.us


JW

 

[Dans40X]

Build it on an AR receiver & don't look back!!

 

[Chileno]

Hey... bumping this thread as I'm looking for the same type of barrel the OP had. Don't seem to be too many around. Thanks.

 

[USMCDOC]

Hey... bumping this thread as I'm looking for the same type of barrel the OP had. Don't seem to be too many around. Thanks.

Did you see where they are now doing 6.5 Creedmore?

 

[Chileno]

Did you see where they are now doing 6.5 Creedmore?

Yup.... both Springfield Inc and Bula are (or have) come out with the 6.5 Creed... but I'd still like to get my hands on a 7mm-08 barrel. Trying to keep my calibers to a minimum, and I have several rifles in 7mm (7mm Mauser, 7 Rem Mag) that I already load for.