Reply With Quoteeither get an a&b blank and have it chambered or find a used high dollar one, or break down for a custom barrel.
what would be the most reasonably and easily acquired 6.5 mm? 260 rem or 6.5x55? Has A&B ever carried one of these. I dont want to pay nearly 300 for a barrel right now and want a light weight medium power barrel with hunter accuracy.
--------Savage - the last refuge for the persecuted left handed rifleman----------------
either get an a&b blank and have it chambered or find a used high dollar one, or break down for a custom barrel.
Try E.R Shaw. Priced right.
Midway has the A&B 6.5x55 barrels, sproters in stock the other day, givem acheck.
The 6.5x55 is a grand ole cartridge...the A&B bbl will be CM blue....if you can get one for $130 or so it will serve you well....or as mentioned ER Shaw is a step up.....or a full custom ordered bbl to your specs for $425 or so....8 twist is pretty much standard....or just buy a Tikka T3 in 6.5x55....ss/syn or blue steel/walnut...
S/shot Savage & heavy Pac Nor's rock !! 'JM' Marlin lever gun nut !
the tikka t3 is a very tempting rifle.
not sure who is doing it now, but A&B were made be ER Shaw at one time. so would that be like savage being a step up from stevens? LOLOriginally Posted by Armed in Utah
.223 Rem AI, .22-250 AI, .220 Swift AI .243 Win AI, .6mm Rem AI, .257 Rob AI, .25-06 AI, 6.5x300wsm .30-06 AI, .270 STW, 7mm STW, 28 nosler, .416 Taylor
the ER Shaw would be SS....a $100 or so step up......not sure who is doing it now, but A&B were made be ER Shaw at one time. so would that be like savage being a step up from stevens? LOL
S/shot Savage & heavy Pac Nor's rock !! 'JM' Marlin lever gun nut !
Yept...I have several Tikka's...two in Swede....easy to make 'em shoot outta the box...
S/shot Savage & heavy Pac Nor's rock !! 'JM' Marlin lever gun nut !
I dont see them even listed on Midway - if I had, I would be done already. I have a Whelen from them and am quite happy with it and if they would ever carry the 338 win mag, I would probably do that one too.
I cant remember the pricing on the Shaw, but I looked into them before and thought they were too close in price to Shilen, so If I was going to break above the A&B price, may as well get the Shilen.
--------Savage - the last refuge for the persecuted left handed rifleman----------------
just called Midway, and they have mauser barrels and barrel blanks in 6.5 cal. What is required to turn one of these into a savage bolt on - gunsmithing I assume. Once again, soon to be into shilen price range. I dont see anyone beating Northland for this.
--------Savage - the last refuge for the persecuted left handed rifleman----------------
You would have about $175 in a A&B 6.5mm blank to turn it into a a prefit 6.5x55
thanks, Are you estimating 175 total, or in addition to my blank? Any leads on who could do this, I just called a smith by me and he said 200 plus the blank plus blueing. Not something I would want to add to a A&B barrel.
--------Savage - the last refuge for the persecuted left handed rifleman----------------
I do it for $175 including the blank but no blueing.
GO WITH ER SHAW 26" $170 NOT BLUED BUT YOU CAN DO THAT YOUR SELF LIKE I DID ON 3 OF THEM AND THEY ARE GOOD SHOOTING BARRELS
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