Changing of a rifle barrel can give an old rifle new life or even a new chambering. There are quite a few rifle barrel makers and prices can range from as little as $250 to four times that much.

I just screwed a new Proof carbon fiber 6.5 Creedmoor barrel on a rifle of mine and the groups shrank noticeably with each five shots. The first group measured 2.165 inches, group two measured .922 ...

The barrel is 30 inches long, but it was originally a foot longer. That’s because, as John Munroe aimed this musket at British troops, it backfired and split the barrel. “The mark here shows where it ...