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Originally Posted by deerndingo
Hi,
Don't know how this happened but I'm thinking of changing my 12BVSS from 22-250 to 7mmWSM. Given a barrel in Australia can easily cost $800 I'm wondering if I can just get my 22-250 barrel redrilled, grooved and chambered up to the .284"
Anybody know for sure.
Why does it cost $800 to get a barrel tou? Some sort of government import tax or something?
I have bought quite a few items from Australia in recent times and all of the shipping seemed reasonable.
Seems to me having a "metal pipe" shipped to Australia couldn't cost that much. As far as any tax levied I can't see why because a barrel is nothing more than a threaded "metal pipe". Buying a prethreaded and prechambered barrel requires nothing more than a wrench and headspace gauges to install. I do belive you will also need a new bolt head but those are relatively cheap also.
Dolomite