Thompson Center Renegade Barrel Value

[nkbj]

A neglected fifty caliber barrel is a rebore opportunity.
The hard part is looking around at all the possibilities and deciding what you want to do.
A .515 bore to use all those off the shelf 50-70 rifle molds like they was maxiballs?
Or .52 or .54 or .56 or .58 or .60...

But wait, what if it was relined instead to use those off the shelf 45-70 molds?

 

[SDSmlf]

But wait, what if it was relined instead to use those off the shelf 45-70 molds?

Do not see a relining being practical for a TC Renegade barrel. Any idea on the cost to have a barrel relined? Buddy was looking into relining an old family trapdoor to get to shooting condition. Quotes were all on the wrong side of $500. Can’t imagine a muzzleloader relining costing significantly less.

 

[Bad Karma]

Does Bobby Hoyt reline barrels? MZ loading barrel would be theoretically cheaper to reline given they don’t require a chambering reamer, headspacing, etc. maybe ask track of the wolf who’s buying all those barrel liners or how you might do it yourself?

 

[nkbj]

He did absolutely precision work relining a second hand lefty New Englander to .458 bore back around 2012 to have my specified rifling geometry and twist. It was between two and three hundred including the shipping both ways.
With the TC tang peep it's a fine shooting rifle and Lymans #457124 and 90 grains of FFg clocks at 1285FPS. Revolver and pistol molds paper patched work well for plinking. Paper patches on rifle bullets work too.


But I really really need to have .577 barrel for it with five land progressive groove depth P58 rifling.

 

[SDSmlf]

Does Bobby Hoyt reline barrels? MZ loading barrel would be theoretically cheaper to reline given they don’t require a chambering reamer, headspacing, etc. maybe ask track of the wolf who’s buying all those barrel liners or how you might do it yourself?

The few relining tubes TOW has run $7.50-$7.60 per inch. For 28” of uninstalled tube you are already at $210. Only going up from there.

 

[Bad Karma]

The few relining tubes TOW has run $7.50-$7.60 per inch. For 28” of uninstalled tube you are already at $210. Only going up from there.

I guess you’d really better love that rifle...