Octagon 30-30 Barrel: Winchester

TheLastGoodFight · May 29, 2017, 03:21 PM

I'm looking to refurbish a 1968 Winchester 30-30 trapper. With this end in mind, I am looking for a replacement octagon barrel to be cut down to 16.5in and custom fitted to the existing foregrip.
Never having pursued a custom job, I am counting on any of you with experience in the area as to where I might shop for a barrel of the above description, and any smiths you recommend for this type of work.

FITASC · May 29, 2017, 04:19 PM

You could always see if Doug Turnbull can do it - won't be cheap, but it will be perfect.

FrankenMauser · May 29, 2017, 04:20 PM

Numrich.
Gunbroker.
eBay.
Air freshener, beef jerky, knife, and Nazi paraphernalia shows (aka "Gun Shows").

And the classifieds on internet forums.

Octagon barrels usually sell for multiple times the price of a comparable round barrel. Be prepared to pay.

Blindstitch · May 29, 2017, 07:36 PM

https://www.gunpartscorp.com/Products/1591440.htm

Barrel, 30-30 Cal.., 20" Octagon, 1866-1966 Comm w/Sights, Used Factory Original

Scorch · May 29, 2017, 09:16 PM

Taylor machine.

Gunplummer · May 30, 2017, 03:20 AM

Green Mountain rifle barrel Co. deals in a lot of octagon barrels, but they are new with out the letter stampings.

May 29, 2017, 03:21 PM	#1
TheLastGoodFight Member Join Date: August 2, 2016 Location: Eastern OK Posts: 59	Octagon 30-30 Barrel: Winchester I'm looking to refurbish a 1968 Winchester 30-30 trapper. With this end in mind, I am looking for a replacement octagon barrel to be cut down to 16.5in and custom fitted to the existing foregrip. Never having pursued a custom job, I am counting on any of you with experience in the area as to where I might shop for a barrel of the above description, and any smiths you recommend for this type of work.

May 29, 2017, 04:19 PM	#2
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	You could always see if Doug Turnbull can do it - won't be cheap, but it will be perfect. __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

May 29, 2017, 04:20 PM	#3
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Numrich. Gunbroker. eBay. Air freshener, beef jerky, knife, and Nazi paraphernalia shows (aka "Gun Shows"). And the classifieds on internet forums. Octagon barrels usually sell for multiple times the price of a comparable round barrel. Be prepared to pay. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

May 29, 2017, 07:36 PM	#4
Blindstitch Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2013 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 2,693	https://www.gunpartscorp.com/Products/1591440.htm Barrel, 30-30 Cal.., 20" Octagon, 1866-1966 Comm w/Sights, Used Factory Original __________________ NRA Lifetime Member

May 29, 2017, 09:16 PM	#5
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	Taylor machine. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

May 30, 2017, 03:20 AM	#6
Gunplummer Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2010 Location: South East Pa. Posts: 3,364	Green Mountain rifle barrel Co. deals in a lot of octagon barrels, but they are new with out the letter stampings.