[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Rem 700 gunsmith?

Posted: 3/9/2014 6:26:39 PM EDT

I'm thinking about rebarreling my Rem 700 .223 to .308 and I'm looking for a good smith here in Wisconsin.

Posted: 3/9/2014 9:29:39 PM EDT

[#1]

That's not just a simple rebarrel.. Unless you are committed to a custom gun, you'd be better off to sell the .223 and buy a .308

Otherwise, call Randy Gregory in Medford.

Posted: 3/10/2014 12:09:27 AM EDT

[#2]

I reckon many of the premier barrel makers are located right here in WI, some of them offer on site rebarreling (and other services) if I remember correctly.

Posted: 3/10/2014 5:39:15 AM EDT

[#3]

IM sent

Posted: 3/10/2014 5:49:48 AM EDT

[#4]

You'd need to open up the bolt face (378 bolt face to a .473) as well as do something with a new extractor and most likely mess with the "magazine lips".

As a gunsmith it's a good money making project.

Posted: 3/10/2014 7:03:38 AM EDT

[#5]

I'd be surprised if it's possible.

The .223 action is listed as a Small 700 SA Receiver (part F27347) and the .308 as a Standard 700 SA Receiver (part F27553) at Brownells. I'd have nothing to do with taking a receiver meant for one caliber and packing twice the powder and three times the bullet weight into it.

Posted: 3/10/2014 3:18:03 PM EDT

[#6]

talk with flamethrower his work is second to no one's

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