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22-250 Ackley Improved

bill2740bill2740 Member Posts: 886 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2002 in Ask the Experts
How much would it cost to rechamber a Rem 700varmint from 22-250 Ackley Improved back tothe factory chambered 22-250? Stainless barrel. I do not reload.Thank you much.
Bill
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  • snickerssnickers Member Posts: 359 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As far as I know there is no going back short of putting a new barrel on the rifle. It does not hurt to fire factory 22-250 ammo in the rifle. The brass will be fireformed to the Ackley configuration but will not affect accuracy.
    MONEY TALKS mine says good-bye
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  • pops401pops401 Member Posts: 616 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What's wrong with the Ackley?
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    THE ACKLEY SHOULDERS ARE "BLOWN OUT" WITH A 40 DEGREE ANGLE. iT CAN'T BE RE-CHAMBERED FOR THE ORIGINAL 22-250. IS THE GUN NEW?
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  • bill2740bill2740 Member Posts: 886 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    JustC-- The rifle is used. What would it cost to remove the barrel, rethread, rechamber, and reinstall? What would a new40X 22-250 barrel cost?
    Bill
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't know if Remington will seel the parts (barrel) to you seperatly. Lots of companies have been getting away from selling parts/actions etc. to the public. I wanted to just buy new 700 receivers and was told that wouldn't be possible. I would suggest a hart/lilja/pacnor etc barrel blank. They all have their respective websites. The cost of the barrel, and the gunsmithing including pillar bedding usually runs me around $450. But, I use very heavy barrels (nothing less than .875 ) and they are usually longer than most factory stuff. A smaller contour barrel and shorter length could be much less. Contact a reputable gunsmith and ask him for a price on the labor. cpermd may be able to tell you more as to weather Remington will sell you a 40x barrel, he seems to be fluent in their products. I build mine most of the time, so all I can realisticly offer with confidence is the custom prices. P.S. is the barrel fluted? how many rounds through it? I think you can see where I am headed with this, I may help to aleviate some of your cost by adding that barrel to my spare parts cabinet if you wish to let it go.
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,035 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    if this is the rem. varmit contour barrel it should be possible to cut the chamber off and rethread and rechamber the barrel. i usualy charge about $100 for this if you don't mind were the printing on the barrel lines up and a few scuff marks on the blueing.
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