Quote Originally Posted by shooterfpga View Post
I looked into doing a barrel swap myself as the rifle i want is not in stock. However the price was the same as what you looked up and i too came to the same conclusion that itd still be cheaper to buy another rifle. Even barreled actions are about the same as a new rifle considering the lack of budget actions available for sale. Most are all target actions or have upgrades prebuilt into em. Hardly anyone has a plane jane action. Ive seen quite a few builds off a stevens action which they say is pretty cheap so ill look into one of those. All i want is to get me a budget 6.5 creedmoor.
Shooter, the classified section here has $225-300 actions for sale all the time. And new take-off barrels for $50-80. Used barrels for much less. but that's not the point, really. I know. the point is the cost of removing the factory barrel when you don't have the tools. I am just saying that the tools are not as expensive as you might have figured.