35 Whelen

Sig220_Ruger77

Would it be cheaper to "re-barrel" or "re-bore" a 30-06 to a 35 Whelen? About how much do you think I would be looking at?

Jon

Sig220_Ruger77

I'm thinking about picking up a 7600 in 35 whelen , and was wondering if I can form brass by simply running o6 brass through a whelen die ?just necking the brass up from 30 cal to 35 cal .

Mr. Gunz

re-barrel

Hawk Carse

Clearwater, which took over from Cliff LaBounty, charges $295 for a rebore with new neck, as for .30-06 to .35 Whelen.

E.R. Shaw will charge $150 for a barrel, $70 to fit, $90 to blue, $310 total.

Reboring used to be a money saver, but no more. Skilled labor costs more, machine production costs less, relatively speaking.

Sig220_Ruger77

Thanks guys.

Jon

nononsense

Jon0322,

I'm sorry that I haven't had the time to respond to your question earlier. But I think you need to understand more clearly the differences between reboring and putting a new barrel on your rifle.

First and foremost, when providing a comparison, it is a little stilted to use a bottom of the barrel (no pun intended) barrel maker as the comparison to the reboring process. ER Shaw is not anywhere near the barrel maker that most of the rest of the manufacturers are today, even with their updated machines. The simple upgrade to CNC machining merely means that you have the ability to produce low quality barrels faster and more efficiently. If they were producing top quality barrels, the better and best gunmakers would be using them, the target shooters would be using them and they would be at the top of the heap instead of the bottom.

So the reality of the situation is this:

When you use a middle of the road or better barrel maker as the basis of comparison you find that the average of the barrel prices is right around $285.00 just for the barrel and contour. Now add threading, chambering, crown, polishing if requested and shipping and the prices will normally run between $500.00 and $600.00 complete. That's not going to the very best either, these are the middle-of-the-road barrel makers.

Reboring, as stated above, will run right around the prices stated to slightly higher, finished complete. This means you basically have a new barrel on the inside where it counts with the new chamber and it is a drop in for your original stock.

Do yourself a favor and leave the Shaw barrels for the low end replacements and use the rebore for your economical solution to getting a new chamber. Call Clearwater, Classic Barrels and any one of the dozen or more businesses that are reboring.

Good Luck with your project.

Best.