Arzrover on here. He worked with daystate for a bit on the art barrels. But he really isn’t looking for work. He did the work for a very reasonable price.
That’s wisdomONLY barrel work I take on are those types / fitments having done before. ONLY when having the complete AG making sure all the operational parameters get covered etc ...
Custom barrel work is VERY costly as the time and tooling & skill required to do correctly ( Especially when looking for even better accuracy than factory barrel ) and as such getting everything right to have a chance of increasing accuracy takes some skill. BECAUSE come end of the project, if you screw something up you not only EAT the cost of the barrel, but the time invested as well.
I turn down more barrel requests than i do ... part of knowing ones limits and meeting expectations of perspective customers
I’ve had only GREAT experiences with @Airgun-Revisions . When I send or ask for specialty work from ANY air gun smith I expect it will take twice as long and may cost more than the quoted price. There are huge risks as Motorhead mentioned and I always realize I’m in a cue as I’m not the only person needing hard to find services, personally I’d be thankful he sent my stuff home unmodified if he realized limitations would affect outcomes. Just my take and my experience. I hope your slugger is perfect when done.
Well when you change your price quote in 1/2 hr and don’t start work till the day before quoted finish to me that is bull poop and I don’t think much of anyone that does business that way. If you like being taken advantage of thats your business
Hopefully people will start mastering the conversion of match grade rifle barrels for airguns use. There is a huge demand and appears to be a disparagement on getting timely results. Theres good reason for hesitation from the people who are knowledgable about their machining. They can do excellent work that is costly but the outcome may be that its simply not the right end result base on wrong application of top quality products. So many costly mistakes to be made and few who have a vested interest or return from success thus far.
To me it seems that too many self proclaimed machinists- gunsmiths are a part of the problem with airgun barrels. And just how many actual machinists- gunsmiths are out there still? The 1’s that are out there are at the top of their game with pb’s and aren’t really prepared for airguns.
Just out of curiosity was that a 25 cal with rifling?Usually the best shooters/gunsmiths have dents in their fingers. JK
Knowing him now for a quarter century, Arzrover is a notch above most as far as people go, also in airgun knowledge, and output of quality. He always does the best he can for what he has to work with. Meaning each barrel and gun is different and also not all ammo will perform.
I try not to bother him with projects but he did a 17.7 twist barrel for my Thomas that shoots the Altaros 32.3gr great and those same Zan's well too.
Reminded me that I need to put that barrel back on for this months UFT.
No a 22 in 17.7 twist. I like the Altaros because the BC is .18.
But tell me why a guy like kidd from cool guy guns can make a barrel for a 10-22 and sells for $200 that is hand lapped and guaranteed to shoot 1/2” @ 50 yds can do that?
That is an excellent deal. So there is something Kidd is not telling you. But if the barrel shoots great, guys won’t question why so cheap.
So what is he not telling me? I mean he sells quite a few different types of barrels some with a lot of machining and also doing things like threads for silencers which most airgun folk say is very difficult to do without ruining accuracy.
Motorhead covered a good bit of it. I have no clue who this Kidd guy is or anything about cool guy guns. Have you physically seen this company? Not a video. Actually been on site? I once questioned how a company could build bow strings so cheap, so I drove there. And I found out rather quickly.
