I have received countless letters, phone calls, e-mails and post cards concerning barrel lining the Ruger MK II pistols...

Barrel lining involves boring a hole through an original factory barrel to a specific size and inserting an "exact" fitting "barrel" or barrel liner into the hole that was bored into the factory barrel. After the barrel liner is inserted it is either silver soldered or Acra-Glassed in place. Then it is chambered and has the extractor slot cut in it to match the factory cut. Everything is then lathe turned and faced and the muzzle crowned with either an 11 degree target crown or recessed 90 degree crown, customers choice. When all is said and done, what you wind up with is a NEW barrel for your MK II pistol that is cheaper than buying a whole new gun...

Cost for relining the Ruger MK II pistol so it will shoot the new 17 mach 2 will be $125.00 and will also include return shipping back to the customer. If anyone is interested in this conversion, send me an e-mail. I now have reamers and barrel liners in stock but because of a backlog of work and moving into a new shop, it will be about 6-weeks before I can start on this new project. I have relined my 6" MK II and so far, performance from this little round has far exceeded my expectations....

e-mail: precision_rifleworks@yahoo.com

DAVID

Another thing that I have had numerous calls for is building 9" twist barrels for the Contenders to shoot the 60 grain 22 lr. loading. Anyone interested in this, just let me know....

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Any thought about re-lining 10/22 barrels for the .17 HMR 2 round? I've already seen one guy doing it, not sure what he charges though. As soon as I can find some ammo, am going to look into that.

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MikeG

MikeG,

I have already relined 3 Ruger 10/22's that had heavy barrels on them....

It will be the first of September before I start taking these on full time and the cost of the 10/22 conversion will be the same as it is for the Ruger pistols, $125.00....

DAVID

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Sounds good David. Do you care if it's a stainless or blued barrel? I might pick up a spare instead of using the original barrel.....

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MikeG

MikeG,

from a "machining" stand point, I prefer stainless steel but will reline either one, blue or stainless....

DAVID

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OK.... remind us when you are up and running for that!!!! I'll keep an eye out for a used barrel.

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I'll keep you posted....

Kinda looks like the Contender shooters are going to be keeping me pretty busy as well. They all want 8" barrels....

DAVID

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