Cold lapping

[hardluk1]

There is a difference in how you you treat a lower quality production barrel and a highend custom barrel. Don't think lapping a douglas or pac nor or kreiger and other top end custom quality barrels could improve them and could hurt as there already polished and air gaged . But on a production barrel it can't do anything but help it. Followed by a quality barrel break in.

[CJB]

Hammer forged barrels dont benefit much or any.

[AJBert]

Well, after reading much, a lot more research and the advice/opinions I've gotten on here, I've decided to get both rifles lapped before firing the first round through either.

Now I just need to decide between fire lapping or cold lapping. There's a couple of gunsmiths around that I trust and will find out what the charge for the cold lapping before deciding to try the fire lapping myself.

[AJBert]

Anyone have any experience with this fella's products? He doesn't carry .25-06 but I can get the .270 from him. Still haven't gotten any price quotes on cold lapping from a gunsmith. And I am still thinking about going with the JB Bore.


http://www.davidtubb.com/

[DeaconKC]

Tubb's stuff is the standard that everyone else is measured against.

[AJBert]

Tubb's stuff is the standard that everyone else is measured against.

Good to hear! Looks like I'll be placing an order with them for the .270 very shortly.

[AJBert]

Got a price quote from one gun smith for cold lapping the .25-06 at $80. I don't know if that is reasonable or not but waiting on a couple of others to chime in. I'm thinking I'll go with the David Tubb's for fire lapping the .270 as I don't plan on shooting much further than 300 yards with it. The .25-06 I plan on stretching out to 600 yards-ish for antelope.

[hardluk1]

Always did my own cold lapping !!The materials are good for other use's so does not cost anything but time, really.

[muggsy]

A long time ago I made the mistake of telling my father that it was easy to make a gun stock. All that you had to do was remove all of the wood that didn't look like a gun. I found out real quickly that it was a whole lot easier in the sayin than it was in the doin'. One of life's lessons learned.

[jocko]

wow Muggsy, THATS DEEP, i MEAN REALLY DEEP.

I am sure this forum really learned sumpin from that statement!!!