New Replacement Barrels for .303's

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Originally Posted by Peter Laidler

Mmmmmmmm........! A bit like curing your oily smoky and rattly worn out engine with a new set of rings. You experts certainly know how to make it sound so simple. I never really understood why it took 3 years plus another 2 to train us

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Originally Posted by Peter Laidler

I never really understood why it took 3 years plus another 2 to train us

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I often wondered why when serving my Apprenticship, when I look at lads who are "Engineers" in my job who have had minimal workshop training it does ring home, you can spot them a mile off when handling tools...... as for basics, totally lost.

Certainly rung home on a few courses I've done recently, its always good to hear from others "I've done this and this, been there done that, did a few years here, there and everywhere etc" yet when the hand tools come in to play, I doubt very much they have done anything with them apart from cleaning them.

Most of Bubba’d guns I see with shortened barrels look to be in otherwise very good mechanical condition. They nearly always CHS with the bolt head that’s in them and I have never seen a No3 bolt head. If the price of these new replacement barrels comes down, maybe some of these sworn off Bubba’d guns could be restored?

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Originally Posted by Vincent

Most of Bubba’d guns I see with shortened barrels look to be in otherwise very good mechanical condition. They nearly always CHS with the bolt head that’s in them and I have never seen a No3 bolt head. If the price of these new replacement barrels comes down, maybe some of these sworn off Bubba’d guns could be restored?

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Why do you think the price has to come down. I replace barrels in other calibres on other rifles and can say those prices are lower than what I pay.

Restoring a Bubba’d gun is more than just a barrel change. You would have to buy all the wood, bands, etc. The cost of all the parts is more than buying a complete gun.

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Originally Posted by Vincent

Restoring a Bubba’d gun is more than just a barrel change. You would have to buy all the wood, bands, etc. The cost of all the parts is more than buying a complete gun.

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You still haven't told me why the new barrel price should be reduced. So you can rebuild one chopped rifle another complete rifle has to be wrecked. New barrels are just that to replace a worn out one on a shooter.
As a collector and shooter I put rebuilding chopped rifles in the same class as chopping rifles they both destroy correct rifles one for parts the other to make something else.

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You still haven't told me why the new barrel price should be reduced.

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I thought I did. Ok, let’s try this. At the current price it’s not economical.

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So you can rebuild one chopped rifle another complete rifle has to be wrecked.

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Is that how you do it? Most people here use reproduction parts. Why would you wreck a complete gun? That sounds illogical to me.

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Originally Posted by Vincent

I thought I did. Ok, let’s try this. At the current price it’s not economical.



Is that how you do it? Most people here use reproduction parts. Why would you wreck a complete gun? That sounds illogical to me.

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What reproduction parts are available?

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Originally Posted by Homer

What reproduction parts are available?

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Well - reproduction barrels for one example.

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Originally Posted by Alan de Enfield

Well - reproduction barrels for one example.

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Correct because the supply of originals dried up but has left a large supply of other parts from the wrecked rifles, barrels were pulled from. In time these will dry up as well. Then the price of a complete rifle will be less than the sum of the parts it contains but will be higher than todays price for the rifle. Reproduction of parts at the moment is only very minor and only for very scarce few made things (example being No4T mounts, some model hand guards and sight protectors) , The making of these parts is smaller than a cottage industry really only a hobby.