snowman748
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Anyone know of a good gunsmith in the Texas area that is reasonably priced? I have two bolt actions I'm going to have to get the barrels set back on. Both are 30-06 and I noticed they were both leaving a ring on spent cases so I looked into getting a smith to check the head space for me, to my surprise I was only able to find one local that had the correct gear to do it. He wanted $35 per rifle. So for $50 I just ordered a 30-06 No-Go and field gauge. BOTH rifles close on the No-Go gauge and one even closes on the field gauge. I understand what is invloved in setting the barrel back BUT I don't have the equipment to do it myself. I don't want to rebarrel either one because they are both old rifles with original barrels (one is a Savage Model 40 Super Sporter, the other is a Springfield 1903 (Sporter). I'm not against sending them off but I have never sent a gun off to have work done so I am clueless on the procedure.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Any help would be much appreciated.