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Anyone deal w/700 Rem w/long throat? New gun, not shot out. Rem do this on purpose?
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<blockquote data-quote="Thebear_78" data-source="post: 845987" data-attributes="member: 1545"><p><strong>Re: Anyone deal w/700 Rem w/long throat? New gun, not shot out. Rem do this on purpo</strong></p><p></p><p>I have a good friend who is a gunsmith and he built a 338 edge for another buddy of ours. This guy wanted it throated out so that he could use the added OAL of his extended wyatt magazine. He was all impatient to get it done so my buddy gave him the 338 throater and t handle, said to just take a little at a time until he got the depth he wanted. Next thing we know the guy had screwed this thing in until the 7 handle hit the back of the action. This left him with pretty much 7-8" of freebore. </p><p></p><p>Even with that much freebore he was able to get a couple of loads that would shoot around 1.25-1.5" at 100 yards. Never could get the accuracy he wanted out of it and ended up trashing that rather expensive barrel. </p><p></p><p>The only time I really worry too much about getting out to the lands is with VLD style bullets like the berger hunting bullet. Even then sometimes you can get them to shoot pretty decent with a jump.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thebear_78, post: 845987, member: 1545"] [b]Re: Anyone deal w/700 Rem w/long throat? New gun, not shot out. Rem do this on purpo[/b] I have a good friend who is a gunsmith and he built a 338 edge for another buddy of ours. This guy wanted it throated out so that he could use the added OAL of his extended wyatt magazine. He was all impatient to get it done so my buddy gave him the 338 throater and t handle, said to just take a little at a time until he got the depth he wanted. Next thing we know the guy had screwed this thing in until the 7 handle hit the back of the action. This left him with pretty much 7-8" of freebore. Even with that much freebore he was able to get a couple of loads that would shoot around 1.25-1.5" at 100 yards. Never could get the accuracy he wanted out of it and ended up trashing that rather expensive barrel. The only time I really worry too much about getting out to the lands is with VLD style bullets like the berger hunting bullet. Even then sometimes you can get them to shoot pretty decent with a jump. [/QUOTE]
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