Rebarreling a Rem 581

[Nocalphoenix]

Guys I have a Rem 581 bought back in about 1977 and it was my first rifle. Needless to say it suffered alot as I learned to shoot and has taken a ton of abuse. Accuracy has gone down hill and barely breaks 1" at 50yards. My best guess is about 30-50,000 rounds through it, mostly CCI minimags.

Im going to give it a face lift by putting it into a dupliate of the BC light tactical done in a zebra wood laminate and was considering shortening the 26" barrel or just cleaning up the crown. The itch grew some more and now Im thinking of a rebarrel. Can anyone recommend a smith and give a guess on a cost for the total job? Im thinking of something along the line of a light palma contour.

 

[remsps243]

Re: Rebarreling a Rem 581

Brian Voelker. you can get his info up at rimfirecentral.

he rebarreled my 581 with a lilja and did a trigger job and threaded the barrel to the action. it is deadly accurate .75-1" groups at 100yds. with wolf and eley ammo- a lot better than before.

i was really pleased with his turn around time and his work ethic.

 

[edgerat]

Re: Rebarreling a Rem 581

Voelker is the only guy I would let touch a 581 or 541, he is the best there is.

 

[Nocalphoenix]

Re: Rebarreling a Rem 581

Thanks guys, I could not find a website, what would I be looking at roughly for a rebarrel job? Similiar to a normal centerfire?

 

[remsps243]

Re: Rebarreling a Rem 581

Last I checked his re-working of action and barrel threading was around 200 bucks.
here is his email: bmvoelker@iowatelecom.net

 

[edgerat]

Re: Rebarreling a Rem 581

he threads the action and barrel, laps the lugs and will do some bitchin' trigger work I think for the 200 bux.

 

[Nocalphoenix]

Re: Rebarreling a Rem 581

Thanks guys!