Pre fit barrel installation

[Bellis]

What cost do you think I’m looking at to have a proof prefit installed on my origin action? I don’t have a barrel vise action wrench or Go/No Go gauges yet. Have called around to local gun shops and gunsmiths and haven’t had anyone say they have experience with that. Located in Northern CA

 

[wapitibob]

If a gunsmith can't screw on a barrel he's not a gunsmith. I drive to mine, hand his daughter $20 and have her swap barrels a cpl times/year.

 

[Bellis]

That’s what I’m thinking! I’m about to just get the things to do it myself don’t really want to ship it out and have to wait.

 

[ChrisAU]

Get ya one of these:

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and rent go/no gauges here:

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And enjoy the ability to do what you want when you want! I was nervous the first time but it’s harder to change a tire on a car than it is to swap barrels on prefit actions.