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 Need a recommendation for a rifle rebuild in the Austin area
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10/18/23 03:22 PM
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Travis Fry
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Hi y'all,
I'm looking to have my old Ruger M77 tang safety rebarrelled from .243 to 7mm-08, action trued, new stock to go with, etc. Do y'all have anyone you can recommend within easy driving distance of Round Rock? I'd like to keep the whole thing blued, if that's even possible anymore.
Thanks,
Travis
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Re: Need a recommendation for a rifle rebuild in the Austin area
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10/18/23 03:34 PM
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redchevy
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Don’t know anything about them other than they are located in new braunfels pretty close to you. Hill country Rifles.
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Re: Need a recommendation for a rifle rebuild in the Austin area
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10/18/23 03:57 PM
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HandyMan91
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Talk to McBrides gun shop, just north of down town austin around 35th Street. If their in house smith dosent do it they will know who will
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Re: Need a recommendation for a rifle rebuild in the Austin area
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10/18/23 04:18 PM
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pertnear
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I can highly recommend Mark Pharr at https://www.tumbleweedsrifles.comRound Rock
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Re: Need a recommendation for a rifle rebuild in the Austin area
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10/18/23 06:19 PM
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Travis Fry
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Talk to McBrides gun shop, just north of down town austin around 35th Street. If their in house smith dosent do it they will know who will I had them do a recrown on the barrel I'm hoping to replace. Of course, that was 20 years ago...
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Re: Need a recommendation for a rifle rebuild in the Austin area
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10/18/23 06:27 PM
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Travis Fry
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10 min from my house, great reputation, strong recommendation? Count me in. I'll give him a call. Thanks!
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Re: Need a recommendation for a rifle rebuild in the Austin area
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10/18/23 08:46 PM
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Tumbleweeds does great work.
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Re: Need a recommendation for a rifle rebuild in the Austin area
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10/20/23 02:29 PM
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Don’t know anything about them other than they are located in new braunfels pretty close to you. Hill country Rifles. I took a rifle (a "back door" Dakota Arms .270 Win that I picked up at a gun show) to Hill Country Rifles about 20 yrs ago to have it bedded and floated. I was very pleased with the results (it's now one one the most accurate rifles I own), so I'm a fan of the company. But, just go to their website now. Unless you have money to burn, IMHO it would be cost-prohibitive to have them work on an older Ruger.
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Re: Need a recommendation for a rifle rebuild in the Austin area
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10/20/23 02:50 PM
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Don’t know anything about them other than they are located in new braunfels pretty close to you. Hill country Rifles. Go here if you like getting butt raped, way overpriced
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Re: Need a recommendation for a rifle rebuild in the Austin area
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10/23/23 01:49 PM
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Travis Fry
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10 min from my house, great reputation, strong recommendation? Count me in. I'll give him a call. Thanks! Had a nice talk with Mark at Tumbleweeds. Krieger barrel is en route, build scheduled for Jan or Feb. Thanks y'all.
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Re: Need a recommendation for a rifle rebuild in the Austin area
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10/23/23 03:14 PM
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10 min from my house, great reputation, strong recommendation? Count me in. I'll give him a call. Thanks! Had a nice talk with Mark at Tumbleweeds. Krieger barrel is en route, build scheduled for Jan or Feb. Thanks y'all.  keep us updated chit takes forever but will be worth it
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