77/22 New Crown or New BarrelThis is a discussion on 77/22 New Crown or New Barrel within the Ruger Bolt Action forums, part of the Rifle & Shotgun Forum category; So I am new to the forum and have a questions for all you wily vets. I just purchased a used 77/22 in .22 lr, ...
 |
|
October 6th, 2012, 11:01 AM
|
#1 |
Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Denver
Posts: 2
| 77/22 New Crown or New Barrel
So I am new to the forum and have a questions for all you wily vets. I just purchased a used 77/22 in .22 lr, it is the older version, walnut stock, blue barrel with factory sights. I am trying to decide if I should take it to the gunsmith and have him trim the barrel down (removing the sight near the muzzle) and re-crown it, or taking that barrel off, selling it and buying a barrel like the green mountain fluted blue barrel that I can put in the same stock. Any suggestions?
| 
| | |
October 6th, 2012, 11:35 AM
|
#2 |
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 336
|
If it were mine, I'd get the new barrel. If you have it cut, re-crowned, and a new sight installed, it won't be as saleable compaired to having a new barrel, especially if you keep the old barrel with it. Just my opinion.
| |
| | |
October 8th, 2012, 06:14 AM
|
#3 |
Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: greenfild ctr ny
Posts: 9
| Rebarrel
I rebarreled mine early this year looked at the Green Mountian but spent alittle more and got the Shilen factorty contour, I couldn't be more happy with the way she shoots!!!
| |
| | |
October 9th, 2012, 04:47 AM
|
#4 |
Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: NJ
Posts: 400
| Quote:
Originally Posted by TFattyA  I am trying to decide if I should take it to the gunsmith and have him trim the barrel down (removing the sight near the muzzle) and re-crown it, or taking that barrel off, selling it and buying a barrel like the green mountain fluted blue barrel that I can put in the same stock. | I would take the barrel off, put it in the closet, and buy the blued fluted barrel from GM. There are fans for all sorts of products, including barrels. Check the reviews for barrels in Midway and Brownells. It's pretty clear when you look through lots of them.
Cutting and re-crowning will likely cost as much as a new barrel, and in the end you will have a mediocre barrel for a lot of money. Used .22 barrels are not big sellers. You might as well keep it as sell it.
| |
| | |
October 10th, 2012, 08:30 AM
|
#5 |
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Summerville,SC
Posts: 210
|
Have you shot the gun yet? I would give the factory barrel a shot first (pun intended), you did not say what you planed to do with the gun so,,,I also would take the barrel off and store it for latter if you do decide to get a new one.
Last edited by Smee78; October 10th, 2012 at 08:32 AM.
| |
| | |
October 11th, 2012, 05:54 AM
|
#6 | | Pizza Eata
Join Date: May 2011 Location: near Hershey PA
Posts: 2,654
|
I'd do what Tman51 said.
| 
| | |
October 16th, 2012, 09:58 AM
|
#7 |
Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NC
Posts: 207
|
I'm faced with the same problem issue as well. I bought a used 77/22 and mine has the sight(I don't like), so now I trying to decide on either the GM 20 inch or the Shilen, or the Clark. 
Would love to see some groups with either.  | |
| | | Search tags for this page | | 77 22 ruger review, 77/22 20 vs 24 barrel, barrel for ruger 77/22 lr, clark 77/22 barrel review, clark barrels ruger 77 22 reviews, crown m77, m 77 hornet 22new barrels, putting a thread on barrel ruger 77/22, ruge 77/22 lr, ruger 77/22 shilen, shilen 77/22, why does ruger thread their 77/22 barrels now | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | |
