Hunter needs a new barrel.

[WildBillG]

When I was younger I was looking for that same thing you bought. Wish I would have bought the 8mm Rem Mag instead of 338 WM. Remington is still a tough gun to beat. If I were you I would go with a little faster twist the 8mm will soon catch on look at the 6.5 class now. Write a letter to Hornady and you will be on ground zero when they start popping out the 292 ELDX >746 BC bullets. Stick with your favorite chambering you know what to load for that gun.

 

[codyadams]

https://riflebarrels.com/factory-contours/

Lilja has a page specifically dedicated to factory contours. Just call them at the number down there, and tell them what you want, and they will do it. BTW, also an 8mm fan. My father has an 8mm-06 built off a 98 mauser action that was originally an 8mm mauser, it still has the original stepped barrel, and it shoots fantastic. His way of taking an American cartridge and shoving it up the rear end of a German chambering. It puts the whallop on elk at moderate ranges as well, 180's well over 2900 fps.

406-826-3084

 

[duckklr]

Thanks to all for their input and I'll bet that it has all stirred thoughts on recoil. I'll just repeat what we already know; at the range from the bench the big guns spin your eyeballs (I was afraid of a detached retina), blacken your shoulder, and provide cause to curse, but in the field you don't feel or hear the shot (at least I don't).
I proved this this again last week in Wyoming when I smashed a buck at 200 yds across level ground at 8,500 ft. alt. with the 8mm (one-shot dead). Even though my placement was not perfect the buck was dead-standing for an instant. For me, no shoulder pain, no ringing in the ears. When I go to the range its with the lead sled and two 25 lb. bags of shot. But I digress.
This morning I got my quote back from Brady at Bartlein and I'm on there list so as the months wear on I'll report back on the wait whilst I frequent the range with other large bores and my sled.
Thanks again to all,
duckklr

 

[Alibiiv]

https://riflebarrels.com/factory-contours/

Lilja has a page specifically dedicated to factory contours. Just call them at the number down there, and tell them what you want, and they will do it. BTW, also an 8mm fan. My father has an 8mm-06 built off a 98 mauser action that was originally an 8mm mauser, it still has the original stepped barrel, and it shoots fantastic. His way of taking an American cartridge and shoving it up the rear end of a German chambering. It puts the whallop on elk at moderate ranges as well, 180's well over 2900 fps.

406-826-3084

In a previous reply I mentioned Dennis Olson in Montana<<---I like his work and no I don't work for him. He uses Lilja barrels, if you send him your barreled rifle he will duplicate it to a drop-in contour and he is located just down the street from Lilja and uses them in his builds. Something that I didn't notice in the thread, "What is your budget on the rebarrel?" And.....while you are rebarreling do you plan on blueprinting/truing the action? For me if I were doing a rebarreling I'd seriously consider blueprinting the action if I liked the rifle and planned it being a keeper.

 

[Weatherby Fan]

Bartlein, Benchmark, HawkHill will all serve you well

 

[duckklr]

Alibiiv,
I appreciate your thoughts and they are all sage. I started this thread with "Hunter" and my rifle is a hunting not target rifle (I do have rifles that I shoot from bench only). This rifle has a cheap, hollow, very light but rigid "Remington" removed/replaced-stock from eBay with a Limbsaver Airtech butt pad. I don't worry about scratches.
With my big 3x12 Leupold VX-6HD scope the rifle weighs 8.8 pounds empty. (I'm going on 72 with two knee replacements coming up soon and everything is heavy at high altitude.)
I don't have to think about where the safety is, where the bolt handle is, where my cheek placement is, where my right thumb-spot is, it's all automatic after all these years of shouldering Remington 700's; I just want it to shoot straight when "Hunting". I have complete confidence in this rifle and will take any reasonable shot (all things considered). I'll probably have the receiver and new barrel properly mated but everything else I'll leave.
As for my "budget on the rebarrel" I don't have one, I married a wealthy Hungarian woman (of Royalty actually) over 50-years ago and she gives me a generous allowance and demands that I leave her for periods to go fishing, hunting, to the range, hunting shows and on and on so, the sky's the limit!
Thank you for your input,
duckklr

 

[robert l]

My old Rem 8mm Mag. Rem 700 has a shot-out original factory barrel. I of course want the most accurate, same factory contour installed on my action. Probably just steel ( I'm old enough that I probably won't need another). No, I don't want another caliber, I already have everything I want from .17 Rem to .375 H&H.
Thank you,
duckklr

Douglas barrels does a complete change out for 500.00. plus they can match your barrel profile so you will not notice any differance in the rifle.

 

[duckklr]

I'll look at their barrel.
Thank you,
duckklr

 

[robert l]

I'll look at their barrel.
Thank you,
duckklr

give them a call stanley will steer you in the right direction. the only thing is that they do not blue the barrel.so i use their stainless ones.the made my 338 edge barrel about two years ago and its shoots a half moa at 400 yards.and does the other barrels that ive gotten from douglas.

 

[Alibiiv]

Alibiiv,
I appreciate your thoughts and they are all sage. I started this thread with "Hunter" and my rifle is a hunting not target rifle (I do have rifles that I shoot from bench only). This rifle has a cheap, hollow, very light but rigid "Remington" removed/replaced-stock from eBay with a Limbsaver Airtech butt pad. I don't worry about scratches.
With my big 3x12 Leupold VX-6HD scope the rifle weighs 8.8 pounds empty. (I'm going on 72 with two knee replacements coming up soon and everything is heavy at high altitude.)
I don't have to think about where the safety is, where the bolt handle is, where my cheek placement is, where my right thumb-spot is, it's all automatic after all these years of shouldering Remington 700's; I just want it to shoot straight when "Hunting". I have complete confidence in this rifle and will take any reasonable shot (all things considered). I'll probably have the receiver and new barrel properly mated but everything else I'll leave.
As for my "budget on the rebarrel" I don't have one, I married a wealthy Hungarian woman (of Royalty actually) over 50-years ago and she gives me a generous allowance and demands that I leave her for periods to go fishing, hunting, to the range, hunting shows and on and on so, the sky's the limit!
Thank you for your input,
duckklr

Whoa.....................does your wife have a single, wealthy sister?? Okay I understand what you are saying, I've orbited the sun 72 times, in November I'll have finished my 73 orbit; too late in life to start changing it!! When I read in one of your replies that you were looking for further than 200 yard shots, I thought that you were looking for something that would really reach out and touch something. There's a safe in the basement that has a lot of Ruger 77s in it. I'm familiar with them, I like where the tang safety is, like you I don't have to go looking for anything on the rifle because of the number of years I have been carrying it.

 

[cross]

Hate my Bartlein barrel. I'll by happy to edit this post if they provide me a replacement for a reasonable price. Erratic velocities and terrible accuracy. Hate this barrel. I would go with Hart or Krieger or air gauge Douglas before waisting money with Bartlein again. Terrible. +\- 50 fps, -150fps on most other barrels and 1.5 to 2 MOA at best with most upper end powders and bullets. I'm close to 400 rounds in load development for hunting loads. Seldom been more disappointed.

Cross

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[sable tireur]

Hate my Bartlein barrel.

Did you ever discuss this with the folks at Bartlein or is this just a slam session against Bartlein?

I'm passing this comment along to Bartlein at the upper level so they can get into it with you personally.

 

[cross]

No, I've never spoken to them. Never wanted to pay for all new threading, chambering, crowning, and Cerakoting but am also very tired of putting 100 trial loads through the rifle before a hunt to try to find a suitable load and then end up taking my sons rifle or some other rifle because it's such a piece of junk. Anyway, that's been my experience and I'm being absolutely honest.

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[sable tireur]

I don't want to distract from the original thread so I will state simply that the proper method of resolving a complaint about a product is to contact the manufacturer to give them the opportunity of solving the problem if there was one.

Intentionally maligning a manufacturer before giving them that opportunity is character assassination by misusing the forum.