Cost to rebarrel a P08?

[XTR]

I know that to chamber and mount/headspace a blank on a Remington 700 is $125 to about $250 depending on who and where. Those blanks have to be threaded to fit the action. I doubt that the price would be too different for a Luger barrel.

Thanks for the feedback on this. My first one will be intended to be a shooter, this discussion has definitely helped me understand some of the things I'd need to address.

My best shot is probably still a pistol with a good barrel that someone has refinished. I just haven't seen one come up for sale anywhere yet that the seller wasn't asking about 2x what it should really go for. I'm patient. I waited a yr and a half to find the 40X 22lr that I wanted at a price I wanted to pay.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by XTR

I know that to chamber and mount/headspace a blank on a Remington 700 is $125 to about $250 depending on who and where.

A rifle barrel is a whole different story. You need a lathe with a bed long enough to take the barrel and the tailstock, plus the reamer and a reamer extension. Some lathes are big enough to let the barrel fit inside the headstock spindle, but those are big bucks lathes.

Those blanks have to be threaded to fit the action.

Pretty much all blanks have to be threaded. Only exceptions I can think of offhand are .22 barrels and the AK style of barrel, which is pressed in the trunnion. I used a 20 ton hydraulic press on the last AK I built. It was still kind of hairy, watching the dial keep going up and up into the teens and the barrel stub not moving... It finally gave with a 'bang' and we all jumped a foot in the air...