Remington 788 re barrel to 6br

[Downhill]

I was in the gun room fiddling around and had an idea. Chambered an empty 6br case into my 788 in 243. Cycled the bolt back and ejection was "vigourous". Loaded 3 empties in the mag and cycling was flawless. Got the 788 in 22-250 out and a 6br loaded long with a 105 amax fit with room to spare. The question is would it be worthwhile to re barrel to 6br? Barrel cost and machine work will probably exceed the 788 ' s value. But I sure do love the 6BR.

 

[dee]

788 was really liked by the br guys back before the easy option of custom actions.

 

[Mikewood]

How many rounds do you have thru the 22-250? Never shot one but I recall they are barrel burners. You may want to wait till your barrel wares out and group size opens up to an unacceptable size. Unacceptable Is determined by you. Might be 1.5-2 MOA. Back in the day folks would swap a shot out barrel to keep their gun running. Usually that was a significant upgrade. I.e. Put a $400 barrel on a $500 rifle.


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[Downhill]

Round count is unknown as I got it used. Fired 35 rds in load development and the best group was right at 1.375" at 100yds. Alright for a hunting rifle but I have a 6br on a Rem 700 with a remage 8 twist that will hold .265" at 100. The average group size of all loads tried was 1.84" with the 22-250 and I know that cartridge is capable of much better. Probably look for a deal on a 6mm barrel or maybe a Savage model 12 6BR barrel.