Barrel recontour

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Are there any suggestions for good smiths that will recontour a barrel? And how much is usually charged?
 

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LRI or Kampfeld would be places to call. Anyone with a lathe can recontour a barrel, but it's not as common a practice as it used to be. Price will depend on what you want done. A complete guess is about $250 thinking about how long it takes me to do one and what I'd charge for shop rate.

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LRI said $200ish on here a while back when I asked.

 
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Thanks! That's a lot more expensive than I thought.

I dont know what all goes into doing these things for a smith but it seems like it should be easier than some of the elaborate fluting jobs but maybe more metal removal? I do have one barrel that I might send in to be recontoured if it doesn't sell..
 
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