Thread: Hardy Project X — seeking owners review

I had a carbon barrel supplied and installed by hardy including powder coated brake a few months back,$2500

I've clearly lost touch with current gunsmith charges then. It would appear that $1150 to thread muzzle, chamber & fit barrel is the normal now

if aesthetics are important I think hardy have the best looking rifles by far their stocks/barrels/brakes all line up very nicely for a good looking rig.

Originally Posted by LJP

I've clearly lost touch with current gunsmith charges then. It would appear that $1150 to thread muzzle, chamber & fit barrel is the normal now

Yip nothing wrong with that

Originally Posted by Yesmate

if aesthetics are important I think hardy have the best looking rifles by far their stocks/barrels/brakes all line up very nicely for a good looking rig.

Their carbon barrels are ugly not their fault just hate the checkered carbon wrap “for me” their actions certainly don’t fit their own stocks very well “ didn’t anyway may have being rectified” and watch your barrel doesn’t unwind taking the brake off

Originally Posted by LJP

I've clearly lost touch with current gunsmith charges then. It would appear that $1150 to thread muzzle, chamber & fit barrel is the normal now

Barrel blank not include in that price?

Just to put things in perspective,a basic new lathe to start barrel work is around 8k.
A descent size lathe like the one we use everyday is now very close to 40k.
A reamer with its set of gauges is close to $nz500 landed.
So being able to chamber the 5 or 6 most popular cartridges, plus a few exotics, a range of 10 to 15 pilots per calibre, all the indicating tools, lathe tools ,measuring tools indicators…etc you come very close to 6k to 8k.
And if you start chambering more than 150 barrels a year ,you are looking at investing into a cnc lathe . That is what a lot outfits are doing now in the USA.
And you need to be able to pay your tax and put food on the table as well.

Taken off the Gunworks site:

Rebarrel by Gunworks

Rebarrelling prices start $1300 including GST which includes the barrel, fitting, chambering, oxiblast and engraving.

Originally Posted by Beetroot

Barrel blank not include in that price?

Nope no barrel blank in that price!

A balance of views...

Here's one.
He gives his thoughts on it in the comments. Very positive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d58czh8a1vE

Originally Posted by Friwi

A reamer with its set of gauges is close to $nz500 landed.

The last three HSS reamers I have received were $650-680 NZ dollars each & take 3-4 months

The one on the way will be around $725 given the current exchange rate.....

That is the reamer only, no gages required as I already had them & they aren't cheap either

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

The last three HSS reamers I have received were $650-680 NZ dollars each & take 3-4 months

The one on the way will be around $725 given the current exchange rate.....

That is the reamer only, no gages required as I already had them & they aren't cheap either

I probably should have pointed out the price was with me supplying my own reamer

Originally Posted by LJP

Nope no barrel blank in that price!

Wow, so even a Hardy or TF barrel is getting close to $2000.

I was quoted last year around $600 for barrel fitting, clambering etc.

Maybe consider a criterion barrel.

Man shits getting expensive


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