I want to know you guys' opinions on what to do with a mistreated S91 in .504...
I bought this rifle several years ago knowing that the barrel had "minimal pitting, but you won't be disappointed with this one".
Well... the rifle won't stay on a pie plate at 50 yards. It literally is all over the place. The barrel is shot.
Here is the deal: I have a McGowen .458 barrel, but I can't find a gunsmith willing to do the barrel swap for me. So: what would you do? Would you just chalk it up to experience, cannibalize it for parts and hope you need them, keep looking, or what?
I know that there are some of you guys out there that are proficient in the use of a lathe. To me it doesn't look that hard to do what I want done, but I am not a machinist, either. What would you think to be a fair price for the barrel swap and required machining/drilling and tapping, assuming I can find someone to do it?
Thanks for the opinions, guys. These Supers are just too hard to find for me to put it in a corner and forget about it...
I bought this rifle several years ago knowing that the barrel had "minimal pitting, but you won't be disappointed with this one".
Well... the rifle won't stay on a pie plate at 50 yards. It literally is all over the place. The barrel is shot.
Here is the deal: I have a McGowen .458 barrel, but I can't find a gunsmith willing to do the barrel swap for me. So: what would you do? Would you just chalk it up to experience, cannibalize it for parts and hope you need them, keep looking, or what?
I know that there are some of you guys out there that are proficient in the use of a lathe. To me it doesn't look that hard to do what I want done, but I am not a machinist, either. What would you think to be a fair price for the barrel swap and required machining/drilling and tapping, assuming I can find someone to do it?
Thanks for the opinions, guys. These Supers are just too hard to find for me to put it in a corner and forget about it...