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Posted: 4/25/2012 9:41:09 AM EDT
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I have 5.5mil garand that the barrel is toast on. Anyway I was going to send it out for a new tube but figured it would make a good DIY project. Anyway the rest of the gun outside is in excellent shape but the barrel inside looks like a dirt road. I was surfing Numrich for something else and noticed they had Springer barrels for $75 and figured what the hell its worth a shot. Well today my package arrived at my FIL's house and he called me while inspecting it. First thing he asked is the thing counterbored as the first 1/2" of the muzzle end looks like it has no rifling. Then he bust out a cleaning rod, brush, and patch to see what the bore looks like. He said its pretty shiny but it does have a couple of pitted spots. Its in better shape than my current tube but I was hoping the "fair" description to be closer to being par. BTW barrel is stamped something like SA 1-43 or something like that, he is supposed to send me some pics.
While on the phone with him I get an email about midway clearances, guess whats on it! FUCKIN Criterion 30-06 barrel $209.00, 30-06 Pull Through Reamer, $142 shipped..... So figured WTF already ordered the tools to do the barrel swap so lets get knuckles deep... Lets go over it, $550 for the garand, Thought it was a good deal at the time..... $75 for the barrel that I most likely won't use..... Criterion Barrel, $219 shipped Pull Through Reamer, $142 shipped Brownells Tools (barrel vice, action wrench, HS guage set, BO Timing Guages, Misc other items) $325 shipped So I am over $1300 into this little jewell so far. I don't remember Shuff's Quote for a rebarrel using a USGI tube but I don't recall it being that much. I guess the bright side is I was needing the barrel vice and action wrench anyway since I want to build my own Rem 700, throw a few more bones in and will be able to get the proper bushing and heads for it. The reamer will be a 1 time use thing but I suppose it will fit into my collection of never used reamers. Numrich said I could return the barrel without much issue. Also on a side note, if anyone in DFW needs to put a new tube on their Garand I have the tools in house to do it. 
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Hmmm, you could send the Numrich barrel back. They accept returns no questions asked. (they also ship a lot of rusted up rubbish, I once received either a garand stacking swivel or a sling loop that was so badly rusted it was unusable as there were no threads discernable)
Then again, someone might pay you more than you have into that barrel to resto some 1943 garand. Being counterbored would make that harder to do though. The sum of the parts and tools always seem to be more than the job is worth,.....if you're doing one job. Do a second, third or 4th and they start paying for themselves. That's how gunsmiths survive. ETA- thanks for serving. 
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ETA- thanks for serving. No thanks needed, I am a Private Contractor here for my own personal gain. The real thanks needs to go the boys in the Camo as they are facing more and more shit here everyday... Quoted:
I have a m1 on the way from the cmp... may have another tube to change out??? and I am in arlington... ;o) stay safe!! Drop me a line when your ready, I purchased the tools to do it up right..... Quoted:
Why don't you just rent the reamer? Or buy one, then sell it on eBay when you are done? Never know when you might need a tool again.... Not a fan of reamer renting, I know its purpose but the downside is repeatable results. I have my own 280AI reamer because I had two rifles built. This allows me to switch brass between the two with no issues. If my smith would have rented a reamer I think one chamber would have ended up smaller than the other as there is a possibility the same reamer wouldn't have been used. Or if the same reamer it would be possible it had been sharpened between sticks. Anything worth building once is possibly worth building again. |
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