I just had a couple of rifles done a month or two ago. It cost me about $125/ea, with no thread protector included. Plus gas money to drive, sit and wait for them to get done. I'd buy one that's already pre-threaded to start. Or, if it's a pistol just replace the barrel. My 10/22 I bought a barrel off ebay and installed it myself. Pretty sweet with a Banish 30 or 46. The most noise you hear now is the action closing on the 10/22 or the Ruger 22/45.