Anyone have experience with Remage barrels?

[Brad1974]

So I have an old remington 721 30-06 that I have not been able to get it shooting nearly as well as I would like. I have also been dreaming of having a 280 AI or 7 SAUM, however a high end factory rifle or a custom barreled action is too far out of the budget. I love my rem 721 action, I modified the action to fit my aftermarket trigger that I also love, and I have it in a chassis currently. It would end up nearly as expensive to have it rebarreled with all of the extra work done, plus some other negatives of using that action for a custom job (after speaking to a reputable custom rifle builder), so that is out of the question as well. So, I have been looking at the idea of rebarreling it with a remage style barrel. I have seen reports that it's not unusual for some of the better remage barrel manufacturers getting 1/2 moa performance. I don't really need sub 1/2 moa performance, but would be very happy with a rifle consistently capable of sub moa. Have any of you done a remage conversion before? which barrel manufacturers have you tried? Any pros and cons I should be aware of? What kind of accuracy have you gotten with the remage? Any relevant information would be greatly appreciated.

 

[mb6355]

Have done two, both fast twist 7mm Rem mag and .270 Win. One is a McGowen and the other PVA. Both shoot great. Really pretty simple once you get the old barrel off. Just get a go gauge to get the head space set correctly.

 

[Brad1974]

Have done two, both fast twist 7mm Rem mag and .270 Win. One is a McGowen and the other PVA. Both shoot great. Really pretty simple once you get the old barrel off. Just get a go gauge to get the head space set correctly.

Yea, it looks simple, and I was thinking the same about getting my old barrel off being the most difficult part... that thing has been on there a very long time...
I've heard great things about the McGowen, PVA, and Criterion barrels by NSS.

 

[Jack's Dad]

I've had more than a half dozen remage barrels in 5 different calibers from criterion sold by nss, McGowan, and x caliber. They ALL shoot better than 1/2 inch at 100 yards. Groups of 3. Fun process and you save a lot of money. Go for it!

 

[One300wsm]

I have purchased 2 Remage carbon fiber barrels from X-Caliber a 308 and a 28 Nosler. They’re very easy to setup with go gauge and some scotch tape. Tools you will need barrel vise, 100 flb 1/2”torque wrench, 1 1/4” claw foot and action wrench. Both of mine shoot great, I have one on a Weatherby 307 action the other on a Christensen Arms model 14 receiver.

 

[mighteywhitehunter]

I just did one at the beginning of the year. NSS Remage barrel with their trued and squared nut and lug.
Started the "build" with an untrued Remington 700 SA that started out as a .222 Rem, I bought a .308 bolt on Ebay, spun the old barrel off, new .22 Creedmoor barrel on, set headspace, and shots 2,3,4 were less than an inch with Factory Hornady Ammo.

I am very happy with my first Rem-age setup from NSS.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Did the same with my 722. New barrel and faster twist triple deuce.

 

[Brad1974]

I've had more than a half dozen remage barrels in 5 different calibers from criterion sold by nss, McGowan, and x caliber. They ALL shoot better than 1/2 inch at 100 yards. Groups of 3. Fun process and you save a lot of money. Go for it!

That's exactly what I was hoping to hear. Do you see any difference in the McGowen, Criterion, & X-caliber barells?

 

[Floridave]

Remington 721 (mine was 30/06 too)with fast twist 243 remage criterion barrel. My favorite and primary rifle. Shoots great and an easy process.

Its the one on the bottom on the rack and in one of those 2 stockys stocks. Usually the carbon fiber sporting stock during hunting season.
Definitely worth doing.

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[RME]

Yea, it looks simple, and I was thinking the same about getting my old barrel off being the most difficult part... that thing has been on there a very long time...

My gunsmith charges me $25 to take the factory barrel off if I bring him the stripped down barreled action ready to go. If it's not busy he does it right there, if it takes him more than 5 min I'd be surprised. I have the tools to do it myself and it might be easy to do but to me it's cheap insurance to have the factory barrel removed the first time without any damage to the action.

 

[Timplant]

I screwed together a 6.5 using a remage carbon six and it shoots any ammo into the same hole better than I can every time. It's now been 5 seasons including 7 trips out west. It's been an amazing gun and it was a very simple process.

 

[vonb]

I swapped a barrel on a Rem 700 ADL sporter .243 that was shot out. I went with Criterion 6 Creedmoor 7.5 twist match chambered barrel in a magnum contour with NSS's ground lug. The toughest part of the whole job was getting the factory barrel off using a steel Brownells action vice and steel bushings using the Northland wrench. It was a job but was able to get it off with no heat. However, had to use a few whacks with a rubber mallet on the wrench. The second task to work on was opening the barrel channel from the factory sporter to the magnum contour. A little sandpaper and a deep-well socket fixed that.

The rifle is an absolute hammer. It'll do 1/2" groups. I won't even consider having a factory Remington action trued up these days and having a 'smith cut/chamber a barrel. I'll save the custom barrel work for the custom actions.