Cost to rebarrel a P08?

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by XTR

What's the cost to rebarrel a P08 if one up that was in bad condition that they wanted to turn into a shooter?

Figure rebarrel at minimum, refinish as an option?

Are you supplying the barrel??? Is it a quality replica??? Will it require timing and/or headspacing??? Will it require chambering??? Is it 7.65mm or 9mm??? Is it a 'pull' from an original P08 (best!)???

Several here do barrel replacements; G.T., Eugene, LugerDoc...

To do it properly would require your sending the entire cannon assembly for fitting...If the barrel flange needs 'thinning' to time it, then a corresponding amount needs to be removed from the breech face...And the chamber needs to be deepened the same amount...All else being equal...

BTW: 4" barrel??? 5" Navy??? 8" artillery???

I did an artillery barrel swap for a 'friend' several years ago...He supplied a Sarco reproduction artillery barrel...Nice looking barrel...Needed a 'tweak' to time it, which meant breech face shaving and chamber reaming...Plus the engine turning of the barrel flange...And checking the breechblock clearance and the headspace...It ended up being more than he was willing to pay...Over a hundred...And that was back when I was being generous...

OTOH, I swapped barrels on a 1937 Luger with a 4" barrel for a member of our gun club; he paid $90 for the 'new' barrel from GB and it screwed right in, no fitting necessary. I charged him $20...

You pays you money and you takes you chances...

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