swapping barrels and rechambering???
if you missed it , i offered to do the swap, as well..no chambering would be needed.
I did miss your offer to swap barrels. That's a cool offer and I've heard nothing but good feedback about your work on these old rifles. If you did the work for free then he would only have about $30 in shipping.
isnt this hobby about saving these weapons, and not destroying them??
i dont know any real gunsmith with the right tools that would cut and crown for 50.00.
Here are some:
http://www.thehuntersden.com/charges.htm $45
http://www.shootersexpress.com/gunsmithing.html $40
http://www.mygunroom.com/dvgunshop/gunsmith.html $42
http://www.greygoosegunsmithing.com/pricing.html $45
http://www.lhpfirearms.com/service01.htm $50
My estimate was a little low, many others wanted around $55-65.
the board min, for gunsmith machine work is 85.00. no real machine shop would touch a small job like that and likely wouldnt have a clue as to how to crown it right.
they would have to make a special cutter to crown, and that would add more money.
ask any machine shop what they charge an hour for machine work.
likely 100.00 an hour, plus 1 hour min, set up time.
Which is exactly why I would hope nobody would go to a general machine shop for gunsmithing work. That's about as bad an example as having a bumper chroming shop do the polishing on a rifle prior to a bluing job.
any real gunsmiths will have a min, charge, plus a setup charge. and the turnaround time would be close to 6 mos, or more.
if they would work on an 03, as most wont even touch them.
Another stretch, any gunsmith that can chuck up and indicate a barreled receiver can do the job and not care if its a Rem 700, Win 70 or a Remington 03 as listed above. It's not like its a low numbered receiver or something with added liabilty.