My friend and I have had Bobby make liners for several of our guns. We do not shoot Schutzen. We had been shooting N-SSA and a few local matches. I had my .45-70 '86 Winchester lined by him (and used it in a 'buffalo shoot' where we shoot out to 300 yards and it shot very well). Also a Ballard in .38-55. Additionally he made me a progressive rifled barrel for my Rogers & Spencer kit revolver from Euroarms. My friend has had several of his barrels done by him as well. 
His shop is very interesting to see.
I think you'll be pleased by the job he does. He does a lot of work for the North- South Skirmisher's.

Bob Hoyt has relined two barrels for me. First was a Winchester low wall .22 and then a Model 92 Winchester in 38-40. He does very good work and his rates are reasonable. A very interesting fellow to talk with as well. 

John

I will second the vote that Bobby is a very interesting person to talk to and his shop is very interesting, expecially from the stand point of a retired toolmaker/machinist. I do know he has built one of his rifling machines but not sure about the other. They are both what they call sine bar machines. One is horizontal and the other has a vertical sine bar. 
I have had a barrel relined for a low wall in 38-40.  Quality of the bore is excellent. I have only shot it a little just to see that it functions ok and such. It does what it should, send a bullet down range when you pull the trigger.  Having only put about 30 rounds through it really isn't a test but I did shoot 5 shots into about 1.5" at 50 yards with 3 touching. Not bad considering it was just a tossed together load with black powder. I feel things will get better with a bit more use and load development. 
I think in the long run you will be very happy with Bobby's work.
Sam

I don't have his address, but you can call him to confirm. He much prefers calls to emails.

717 642 6696

Once you decide to have a liner installed, deciding on the gunsmith & the liner brand are only two of the deciding factors.  Since the gunsmith will also chamber the rifle after installing the liner, the type of reamer & resulting chamber is equally important if not more so.

For two examples.  Since I shoot both .22BPCR silhouette & big bore BPCR silhouette, I went with Tom Klinger to re-barrel a Stevens target .22 with a Shilen ratchet barrel & install a T.J. liner in a  Ballard .40-65.  But prior to given Tom the go-ahead on both projects, we discussed the chamber reamer he planned to use.  The result is Tom did impeccable work & I love the match chambers in both rifles.

BTW, Tom is a well-known competitive shooter & understands the necessity of a match chamber.

Wayne

RJ-35-40,

First, let me state that I'm no reamer expert.  I know just enough to get into trouble.

Although there are basically 3 types of reamers, roughing, finishing & burnishing, not including fixed pilot and floating pilot versions.  So, saying different types of reamers is somewhat of a misnomer in this case.  Your comment about reamers with minimum tolerance to specs is more accurate.  I should have said ensure you & the gunsmith agree on the chamber specs & headspace he's plans to cut.  The following spread sheet is an example of some of the different reamer specs for .22lr.  You'll note there is no spec for head clearance or headspace listed which depends on how the gunsmith cuts the chamber.  Tom Klinger suggested the Freeland MB reamer for my Stevens Target rifle. And He used a Dan Theodoe spec'd reamer to cut the chamber for my Ballard .40-65.  Both are tight match chambers vs. the "sporting chambers" found in most production rifles.

Wayne

RJ-35-40 wrote on Oct 26^th, 2025 at 7:33pm:


Bob,

I prefer as little freebore as possible in my rifles.  From my point of view freebore complicates the reloading process & results in potential inaccuracy.  Others may not share my opinion.  I believe there are only two possible benefits of freebore, 1) allow for more case powder capacity, 2) reduce chamber pressures assuming the freebore is not utilized.  Weatherby is an example of the latter, using extended throats in their rifles to reduce chamber pressures.

Wayne