So i recently bought a rifle that the wifes grandfather built about 20 years ago. He was an extremely good gunsmith and world class bench rest shooter. The rifle is in great shape on the outside and everything looks as though he just built it. However it is currently a 6mm-06 improved and the back 8" of the bore its pretty well fire cracked via the bore scope. I normally would just throw on a new barrel myself (i was lucky enough to have him teach me) however it is a fluted Hart which was his brand and it is all fitted perfectly to the old fajen stock.
This past year he passed away and i was thinking maybe instead of spending $500 for a new fluted Hart i could have it rebored then chamber it into a 280 rcbs which was the last rifle i got to build with him. Ill do the smithing work so that is no big deal.
Was just wondering if i got it re-bored can i expect it to shoot as good as it did before? I know my work redoing the chamber will be good, just wondering about the bore quality. Pretty much all his rifles would shoot 1/2" 5 shot groups at 100 on a good day or he was not happy.
This is a hunting rifle, set up for long range hunting\paper punching.
This past year he passed away and i was thinking maybe instead of spending $500 for a new fluted Hart i could have it rebored then chamber it into a 280 rcbs which was the last rifle i got to build with him. Ill do the smithing work so that is no big deal.
Was just wondering if i got it re-bored can i expect it to shoot as good as it did before? I know my work redoing the chamber will be good, just wondering about the bore quality. Pretty much all his rifles would shoot 1/2" 5 shot groups at 100 on a good day or he was not happy.
This is a hunting rifle, set up for long range hunting\paper punching.
