basically, i want to take a perfectly good remington 700 varmint gun with a brand new, never fired barrel, and put threads on the end of a 26" barrel so i can attach a suppressor.
my assumption from previous positive experiences on non-precision rifles is that my reasonably competent local gunsmith/machinist can thread my barrel.
but i'm not confident that just any machinist/gunsmith can reattach my barrel to get the same accuracy i expect to get from a hand-built rifle from the factory.
does that make sense? am i paranoid? what should i do?
a) try my local gunsmiths (who are more interested in full-auto than benchrest/varminting) first then move to plan b if they cock it up?
b) send it back to the factory with a request for the custom shop?
c) find someone who specializes in precision barrel work?
if b/c, who would you recommend? what is a reasonable price to pay?
thanks,
my assumption from previous positive experiences on non-precision rifles is that my reasonably competent local gunsmith/machinist can thread my barrel.
but i'm not confident that just any machinist/gunsmith can reattach my barrel to get the same accuracy i expect to get from a hand-built rifle from the factory.
does that make sense? am i paranoid? what should i do?
a) try my local gunsmiths (who are more interested in full-auto than benchrest/varminting) first then move to plan b if they cock it up?
b) send it back to the factory with a request for the custom shop?
c) find someone who specializes in precision barrel work?
if b/c, who would you recommend? what is a reasonable price to pay?
thanks,