Horsefly Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 What’s behind no barrels. Numrich, Midway,and Brownells all list them Out of Stock. Am I wrong to hope affordable short chambered barrels will ever be back ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 I would think the market is so low on them no one will stock them again. Special order only. Shilen, Douglas, McGowan etc. If looking for a budget build I’d look to the used market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racepres Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Don gots it... Demand seems extremely low... I would not stock any either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted December 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 I need or want a .257 Roberts barrel but no luck now for several months finding new, used, or REM. take off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racepres Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 16 hours ago, Horsefly said: I need or want a .257 Roberts barrel but no luck now for several months finding new, used, or REM. take off. Looking Small Ring??? Maybe me, and others can be of help!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Yep. Small ring. Right on verge of ordering another 6.5x55 from Numrich. 149.00 and no idea who maker is. 6.5 is my choice but rifle will be for my son. I heard him tell my brother he always wanted a .257 Bob like his buddy hunts with, so light bulb went off. That was about when I was retiring and somehow got side tracked. He saw a 7x57 I just finished for my brother and went nuts over the dark grey laminate stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manureman Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Haven’t dealt with them in years but does anybody know what’s up with ER Shaw ? Looked at the website the other day and it had changed lots don’t really know about them now but they used to be decent for the money. The ones I used would shoot better than I could, not that it takes a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 I’m on Shaws mailing list and only thing they offer is bumper Jack style rifle barrels. They won’t answere emails either. Just like ammo for black rifles. Everybody has 223 and .308. .40 cal handgun ammo everywhere. Seems to me barrels and ammo disappeared at same time. I emailed Midway that lots of negative talk about them sending sales adds and 80 present of items “Out of Stock” or “Notify When Available “. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racepres Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Midway does indeed notify ...If...they get what you are looking for in stock.. I once knew who made the Adams Bennett barrels... but, of course... I forgot CRS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 I had a barrel on back order at Midway for over a year. They finally cancelled the order. I called up Green Mountain, whose barrels Midway sells pretty reasonable but are always out of stock forever, and they had a 100 barrel minimum order for anything they didn't stock. This was a couple years ago now, so add in inflation, but I SWAG'ed their wholesale cost at around $80 a barrel if you bought by the hundred. Seems to me that if you could get enough interest in, say, 7x57 short chambered small ring barrels at about a hundred each brand new with a Spanish military profile, you could sell the crap out of them for $200 on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 https://www.apexgunparts.com/98-mauser-barrel-.270-22inch-wilson-arms-gd.html good price on 270 barrels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 Far as I know Shaw is still in business and their website is active. From some net chatter from a couple years ago they are a lot slower than when they were in their prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted January 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 16 weeks(4 months sounds worse to me) wait for Shaw barrel and that’s for a .257 Roberts, chrome moly, 1-10 twist, 22” short chambered. $195.00. May have to forget gun tinkering and start building trailers again or try my hand at wood working. I can give away all the picture frames I can make. I can build toy boxes but won’t look like a piece of furniture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemson Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 Douglas has become my go-to barrel supplier. I'll buy from someone else if the customer wants me to, but when left to my own devices, it's Douglas for me. I have never been disappointed. https://benchrest.com/douglas/html/pricing.html Bill Jacobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthe10ring Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Horsefly How long and what profile of barrel do you want? Do you have the ability to re-thread a large ring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted January 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 No lathe. I ordered another 6.5x55. I have ‘06, .270 and .308 large rings but have several rifles in those cals. I have 3 small ring actions I need to use up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikesdad Posted January 16, 2022 Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 On 1/1/2022 at 3:42 PM, Racepres said: Midway does indeed notify ...If...they get what you are looking for in stock.. I once knew who made the Adams Bennett barrels... but, of course... I forgot CRS Same here. I forgot who made A&B barrels also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 13 hours ago, ikesdad said: Same here. I forgot who made A&B barrels also. I just went and took a quick look at McGowen’s website. The wait times if what is posted is correct aren’t bad at all. Only problem McGowen ain’t cheap. About 10+ years ago I bought or better said had them install a McGowen premium cyro froze in 35 Whelen and set for minimum headspace. The accuracy is beyond amazing. I can’t remember the cost but it wasn’t cheap and my later projects were on the economy plan opting for A&B, Shaw and an unbranded from Sporter Express. Ha remember Sporter Express? Had anything and everything for building a Mauser sporter. At the time I was a lot better off financially and physically fit as I opted on the medium weight. Harry McGowen sold out years ago and I don’t know if the quality is the same. I read net chatter years ago claiming McGowen purchased barrel blanks from Douglas. Don’t know if it is or was true. A former and now likely deceased rifle builder in my gun club. Claimed McGowen barrels chambered in 220 Swift out lasted all the others. I know there were plenty of Mauser rifle barrel manufactures in the 90’s but this guy claimed McGowen barrels were the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted January 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 The price of the few barrels available has finally got me to rethinking the Mauser hobby. The fun is gone seeing barrels 300.00-600.00 bucks. Boyd stocks 175.00,Timney trigger 100.00, bolt handles 50.00, safety 50.00, scope mount,rings, and scope 275.00, and not counting tools at least a 100.00 for glues, oil, blue chemicals, sand paper and cleaning supplies. Maybe restoring old guns is in the future. They will at least keep me outta the pool halls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racepres Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 Don't quit before you give me a shot at a small ring action!!!! And, Digging around some (I have a mess) I discovered a large ring 7X57 barrel... Outside seems fine... Inside... Not!!! If it cleans up I will let ya know!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.