Rebarreling Ruger MK series handguns

[steve]

I came across some really interesting barrels for Ruger MK series handguns. Are these hard to change - I'm definitely not a gunsmith. If anyone has any experience with these and willing to change the barrels for a decent price I'll buy a couple MKII with the tapered barrels for the change. If anyone knows of a smith that does this please forward their contact information.
Thanks for any help!

 

[SAWMAN]

The bbls are harder than heck to change out steve. For $1000. I will do it for you. --- SAWMAN

 

[steve]

Did you displace your decimal point???

 

[Droshki]

Fitting a Ruger barrel is trickier than one might think. The reason is the way they are installed in the factory. Ruger makes the barrel, complete with front sight base and feed ramp, all in one piece, and screws it into a piece of threaded tubing. Then, using the feed ramp as a reference point, they machine the ejection port, the magazine opening, and the rest of the receiver.

That is fine, but it does mean the barrel and receiver are mated to each other and require more fitting than the usual barrel-receiver combination.

This came from: https://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=329306

Nice to meet you today.

 

[Daezee]

Did you displace your decimal point???

Yes he did...it is supposed to be $10,000.00.

 

[SAWMAN]

Sooooooo . . . you are talking taking the bbl OFF the "upper". Sorry sir, I thought that you just wanted to replace with a whole new upper. --- SAWMAN

 

[steve]

Well that's pretty discouraging! Anyone want to buy a couple of MK barrels???
Thanks for the input.