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338 Lapua, hard to chamber
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 679491" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>It looks like you have a tighter than normal chamber, caused by a worn reamer.</p><p></p><p>The body taper should be straight (No bulges). this will make extraction difficult.</p><p></p><p>I would find a good smith and have him touch the chamber with a good/new reamer </p><p>and reset the headspace.</p><p></p><p>Factory ammo is sized to small base diameters to feed in any chamber, so unless you have </p><p>a set of small base dies, you can't size them. You could buy a set of Hornady New dimension</p><p>dies that can be adjusted down to small base dimensions, but you would still have a bulge in </p><p>the chamber that would give you problems.</p><p></p><p>I would just go ahead and have the chamber set back and head spaced. If you are not sure of </p><p>the condition of the smiths reamer buy a new one for your self, let the smith use it,and keep it</p><p>for later use or sell it to someone on this site.</p><p></p><p>This is one reason I don't rent reamers. (I don't know there history and how many times they </p><p>have been used. A new reamer is a very small part of the cost of a custom build and it is not </p><p>the place to save money.</p><p></p><p>In the order of importance for a quality,custom build You have to start with ;</p><p>1 = a quality barrel</p><p>2 = a quality chamber reamer.</p><p>3 = quality gunsmith to accuratly machine and assemble all of the componants.</p><p>4 = a quality stock properly bedded and floated.</p><p>5 = load quality ammo.</p><p></p><p>The best componants available can't make up for any of these things if one or more is left out.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 679491, member: 2736"] It looks like you have a tighter than normal chamber, caused by a worn reamer. The body taper should be straight (No bulges). this will make extraction difficult. I would find a good smith and have him touch the chamber with a good/new reamer and reset the headspace. Factory ammo is sized to small base diameters to feed in any chamber, so unless you have a set of small base dies, you can't size them. You could buy a set of Hornady New dimension dies that can be adjusted down to small base dimensions, but you would still have a bulge in the chamber that would give you problems. I would just go ahead and have the chamber set back and head spaced. If you are not sure of the condition of the smiths reamer buy a new one for your self, let the smith use it,and keep it for later use or sell it to someone on this site. This is one reason I don't rent reamers. (I don't know there history and how many times they have been used. A new reamer is a very small part of the cost of a custom build and it is not the place to save money. In the order of importance for a quality,custom build You have to start with ; 1 = a quality barrel 2 = a quality chamber reamer. 3 = quality gunsmith to accuratly machine and assemble all of the componants. 4 = a quality stock properly bedded and floated. 5 = load quality ammo. The best componants available can't make up for any of these things if one or more is left out. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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