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Pricing to chamber barrel and install

urbanrifleman said:
If only this were a benchrest forum.

But it's not.
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Lol! You might know this but actually this site changed its name a few years ago to Accurate Shooter forums, from 6mmBR.com. BR, as in Bench Rest! Semantics but true. It has gone through a lot of changes over the last few years. The biggest imo, was when Snipers Hide went down for several months(iirc) and a lot of their members migrated over here. Not saying it's good or bad but it is quite different than before that happened, fwiw. So yes, it was very benchrest geared prior to that site going down for an extended time. No need in arguing over it, but now you know, in case you didn't. Sounds like you didn't and that's ok.

Not sure how your post is relevant, though. Sounds like a dig maybe, but why is what I don't know. You don't like BR so you bad mouth it, apparently. That's part of the changes to this site also, looks like. You are one of the new guys and you have been welcomed by members here both old and new. So, I guess I don't understand.
 
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I am lucky, I have a friend who does my barrels....he is great. Works out of his house, so low overhead. When I seen the set ups involved to chambering a barrel I was shocked. I think anyone getting a barrel done for under $400 is getting a super deal (assuming your guy isnt doing it with a Dremel)
A lot of people need to grip on what a decent wage is, in most parts $20/hr is not what an experienced person makes
 
gunsandgunsmithing said:
Lol! You might know this but actually this site changed its name a few years ago to Accurate Shooter forums, from 6mmBR.com. BR, as in Bench Rest! Semantics but true. It has gone through a lot of changes over the last few years. The biggest imo, was when Snipers Hide went down for several months(iirc) and a lot of their members migrated over here. Not saying it's good or bad but it is quite different than before that happened, fwiw. So yes, it was very benchrest geared prior to that site going down for an extended time. No need in arguing over it, but now you know, in case you didn't. Sounds like you didn't and that's ok.

Not sure how your post is relevant, though. Sounds like a dig maybe, but why is what I don't know. You don't like BR so you bad mouth it, apparently. That's part of the changes to this site also, looks like. You are one of the new guys and you have been welcomed by members here both old and new. So, I guess I don't understand.
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That's ridiculous. I didn't bad mouth anything. . I know exactly how this forum started. It's absolutely not about benchrest shooting. In fact, this site started because of the owner bought a prefit Savage barrel in 6BR and put it on a Savage and it shot amazingly well so he wanted to post about the advantages of the six BR cartridge. Call him sometime he'll tell you the story.

Yep, this forum was started because of a Savage prefit barrel.
 
urbanrifleman said:
That's ridiculous. I didn't bad mouth anything. . I know exactly how this forum started. It's absolutely not about benchrest shooting. In fact, this site started because of the owner bought a prefit Savage barrel in 6BR and put it on a Savage and it shot amazingly well so he wanted to post about the advantages of the six BR cartridge. Call him sometime he'll tell you the story.

Yep, this forum was started because of a Savage prefit barrel.
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Coinicidentally, lots of br shooters use to frequent this site, because of a Savage pre=fit. Lol! Not saying it didn't happen. BR accuracy from a prefit is worthy of a forum I guess. :D Prefit.com
Kinda like you "making barrels". Lol! Tell me about your gun drill and barrel "making" equipment. There used to be a difference in making barrels and threading prefits in a 3 jaw. Apparently it's the same thing now.
 
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Tim Singleton said:
A lot of us want the full BR experience
Not just winning at their chosen discipline
But winning with a rifle they bedded and glued the action with a pinfall they adjusted themselves and a barrel they chambered for themselves. Won with bullets they made themselves
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Only wish I had time for all of that! Still got to go to work. Maybe some day though.
 
dminn1 said:
Other than the cool name there is also 11 High Power Rifle National Championships, 20 Silhouette National Championships, and six National Long-Range High Power Championships. Some in these shooting disciplines also consider the T-2K to be a somewhat groundbreaking rifle. Tends to make the marketing carry a bit more weight.
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I agree - never intended to imply he doesn’t have credibility, or that his ideas aren’t good. Some good shooters are not good designers. Some good designers aren’t good at promoting. Some good promoters aren’t good at translating that into $$$. I think David is quite sharp overall and will continue to be relevant into the future.

Even my 1961 Remington 725 has a Tubb style recoil lug from the factory - way back then Remington knew David had a good idea - he would have been 7 years old.604924EE-6B1F-4543-A93E-58CB43993C97.jpeg
 
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There is such a range in skills and abilities, that simply saying “gunsmith” or “machinist” is as general as talking about “food” or “cars.” We’re lucky to have above average machinists and gunsmiths here, and forget just how bad the below average folks are.

At a young age I was introduced to small town oilfield machinists when my 5 hp kart broke a simple intermediate shaft and a local full service machine shop built me a new one. It worked. The length was way off, it looked like the hot rolled shaft had been buried for storage and dug out of a stream bank just for me. The slot wasn’t centered, but close enough it worked. The cotter pin hole was an odd size. The saw cuts on both ends weren’t straight or smooth. When a 12 year old can look at a part and shake his head, it makes an impression.

Many gunsmiths working today have never dialed in a bore prior to chambering - it wasn’t that long ago when no gunsmiths dialed in or pre bored chambers. Personally, I think the better gunsmiths are way under paid. Every week I hear shooters on other forums talk about getting a new barrel, even an expensive barrel, with little regard to the person doing the work, as if the guy running the lathe, his technique and reamer choice don’t have an impact on the final results. This must be a constant irritant to those who have their own shingle out.
 
In my opinion if you work out of your garage or have a full time shop and you a good working knowledge and experience running that lathe or mill and you’re putting out quality product is the only thing that matters. There’s a lot of very talented people that do extremely good gun smithing work out of their own little work shop and I’m sure have won a State, Regional or even a National event building there own rifles. Everyone on here started at the bottom and worked there way up some more then others. And based on what I'm reading here, my chambering price just went up, now that I have just retired for the second time last month.
 
Webster said:
In 2017 Kelbly charged me $750 to put a Kreiger barrel on my Rem 700. I think the barrel alone is about $325 the rest is labor.
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A number of years back before I knew any better a well known action manufacturer / smith charged me $750 to put a barrel on one of their actions with me providing the reamer, blank and HS gauges. I still remember gasping at the invoice line for $150 to put an 11 degree crown and .750 tenon on the dangerous end. Not saying the work wasn’t worth it as the rifle shoots very well but that right there made me tool up to do my own barrels and I swore from that point on I would never pay someone other than myself for that work.

I had a life time of engineering, machining, fabrication and wrenching experience and it wasn’t much of a stretch to start doing my own barrel work. It honestly isn’t rocket science but there is a certain knowledge set you need so you can both understand what you need to do and more importantly why and then you need the ability to execute.

Had we not already had an 07 and the shop somewhat set up it would have been quite a stretch to do it for more than just myself (legally) though.
 
I have spent $1000 plus for a barrel a few times. $400 for the barrel blank, $400 for the threading and chambering (more if the muzzle was threaded), $200 for a reamer, $100 for shipping.

Reamers have gotten so expensive that a Gunsmith with the reamer has some extra value.
 
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