Rem 700 barrel cut and recrown cost?

[rhinoh]

I have .308 Rem 700 Varmint (Dick's Special) with the heavy barrel.
Accuracy is poor and I have tried a free floating "sniper" stock, no joy, and a deresonator which helped the most.

Since the barrel is 26" I'm thinking of having it cut and recrowned to about 20" to see if that improves accuracy.

So what is a typical charge for that?

Since it is a $450 gun new maybe I just ought to dump it. I have other .308's (Ruger American and Howa 1500) that shoot great.

 

[witchhunter]

My guy charges about 50 bucks.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I would lap the crown with a brass screw, valve grinding compound, and a cordless drill before I went to cutting.

 

[243winxb]

The barrel needs to be air gauged to find the tightest/smallest groove diameter area and make the cut there. Then crown the barrel.

 

[rhinoh]

I would lap the crown with a brass screw, valve grinding compound, and a cordless drill before I went to cutting.

The existing crown looks good and since a deresonator improved accuracy a fair amount I'm thinking barrel harmonics.
If the problem was the existing crown why would a deresonator help?

Barrel at 26" is longer than it needs to be really and I'm thinking a shorter barrel might stiffen it up to reduce harmonics.

Since I have an excellent shooting Howa 1500 and an also excellent shooting Ruger American I'm not willing to spend much to improve this 700.

 

[rhinoh]

My guy charges about 50 bucks.

Thank you,

That I could live with.


If it starts approaching much more than that then I'll probably just sell the gun.

 

[JDGray]

Do you reload? You could probably make a load to shoot well.

 

[rhinoh]

Yep- I do reload, but I tried a number of different commercial ammos in various weights, from around 147 to 172 grain.
My other .308's aren't very picky, if the 700 requires "special" ammo I don't plan to keep it.

 

[zerobarrier]

ADCO charges $30 plus shipping. These guys are top notch and fast too. I sent a barrel to be threaded and they did it the day they got it and sent it out the next day.

https://www.adcofirearms.com/shopservices/

 

[rhinoh]

After getting a quote from a local gunsmith of $150 to cut and recrown-
I'm going to let it be someone else's project

 

[Kp321]

Years ago a bunch of bench rest shooters in Houston did some extensive testing and concluded that 21 5/8" was the optimum barrel length for accuracy. (Google Houston warehouse shooters). If you are going to cut the barrel, try that length.