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About to cut my first chamber
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<blockquote data-quote="birdiemc" data-source="post: 1616742" data-attributes="member: 29632"><p>Just want to see what advice all the experienced guys have before I cut my first chamber. </p><p>The reamer has been here for a week but work is crazy right now. I plan to re read the 2 books I have this week. </p><p>My shop equipment is far from ideal, grizzly lathe not what the pros have but I'm able to turn parts to zero run out on .0001 indicator. I'm a far cry from a gunsmith or a machinist and don't claim to be. I just love the satisfaction of building something myself. I bought this lathe 3 years ago and have been learning at home with the help of a couple machinst friends and am finally ready to give it a try.</p><p>I know plenty of people are going to say take it to a reputable smith and have it cut, but I didnt spend $8,000 on equipment and tooling and 3 years running a lathe in my spare time to just go take it to a Smith. Obviously it's not about saving a buck it's about the pride of building a rifle myself. At least as much of it as I can. </p><p>So that said, what advice do you machinists and Smith's have about running a reamer into a pre drilled hole?</p><p></p><p>It will be a 6.5cm in a shilen 9twist by the way. Planning to build my own stock and put it in a savage SA that I have laying around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="birdiemc, post: 1616742, member: 29632"] Just want to see what advice all the experienced guys have before I cut my first chamber. The reamer has been here for a week but work is crazy right now. I plan to re read the 2 books I have this week. My shop equipment is far from ideal, grizzly lathe not what the pros have but I'm able to turn parts to zero run out on .0001 indicator. I'm a far cry from a gunsmith or a machinist and don't claim to be. I just love the satisfaction of building something myself. I bought this lathe 3 years ago and have been learning at home with the help of a couple machinst friends and am finally ready to give it a try. I know plenty of people are going to say take it to a reputable smith and have it cut, but I didnt spend $8,000 on equipment and tooling and 3 years running a lathe in my spare time to just go take it to a Smith. Obviously it's not about saving a buck it's about the pride of building a rifle myself. At least as much of it as I can. So that said, what advice do you machinists and Smith's have about running a reamer into a pre drilled hole? It will be a 6.5cm in a shilen 9twist by the way. Planning to build my own stock and put it in a savage SA that I have laying around. [/QUOTE]
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