New Barrel for 300 Weatherby

[Eagle eye]

I'm thinking about getting a new barrel for my weatherby. Can any one point me in the right direction. I live in Gig Harbor, hoping to not have to travel more than an hour to get it done.

Thanks,

Justin

[redi]

IO would have Travis at Rbros put a Broughton barrel on it. His shop is in Elma. Great guy and top Quality work.

[Magnum_Willys]

Chk out http://pac-nor.com/

[b23]

IO would have Travis at Rbros put a Broughton barrel on it. His shop is in Elma. Great guy and top Quality work.

 

If I lived on the wet side of the mountains Travis is exactly who I'd take it to.  Lots of excellent top shelf barrels out there, Broughton, Hart, Kreiger just to name a few.  I've never personally used one but I have heard good things about Benchmark barrels as well.

Something to keep in mind about having guns re-barreled, you may find hobbyist gunsmiths that'll do a decent job and probably even for less money but it's been my experience, you pretty much get what you pay for and in the long run, those lesser expensive re-barrel jobs can end up costing you more than if you'd have had a top tier gunsmith do the job for you.  Just something to consider before you proceed.

[Eagle eye]

Thanks For the advice guys. I will check out the above mentioned gunsmiths!

[JDHasty]

Steve Kostanich down in the Centralia area has a 300Wby reamer with a separate throating reamer.  I would be careful to make sure what I was signing up for.  If you are happy w/the long freebore then it doesn't make much difference/if you don't want that long freebore then it does make a difference.  He does fantastic work. 

[bearpaw]

I also have a 300 weatherby that needs a new barrel. One gunsmith recommended that I call the weatherby custom shop and see what they can do. TWhat I found out is Weatherby does not manufacture barrels for some models any more but the actions are still the same. They offered to upgrade my Mark V stainless to an accumark for a little under $1000, that gets a new barrel and new accumark stock. You can also change calibers as long as the same bolt face is used. For example they said I could go with 6.5/300, 300, or 340 Weatherby.

[Eagle eye]

I called Travis at Rbros and he doesn't work on Weatherby's only Remingtons I believe. He also mentioned that I should reach out to Weatherby. I have a Mark V Stainless as well bearpaw. The upgrade from Weatherby seems like a fair price... I might have to look into that.

Thanks for the info JDHasty & Bearpaw

Justin

[b23]

I know it's up north but what about contacting the guys at Benchmark barrel I believe they do rebarrel jobs and from what I've heard, they make a good quality barrel too.

[slm9s]

I once had a NICE 270wby Mark V with a great piece of wood with a custom barrel smithed by Palazzo in Covington.  He's getting up there in age, but last I heard he was still working.

[JDHasty]

I once had a NICE 270wby Mark V with a great piece of wood with a custom barrel smithed by Palazzo in Covington.  He's getting up there in age, but last I heard he was still working.

He is.