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What to use, whidden vs hornady vs redding vs forster vs "?" dies
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1574356" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>I'm not sure who made the reamer, however the gunsmith, Olson Gunsmithing, told me that he would send a blueprint copy of the reamer if I wanted one. I'd like to get the die making process going, Whidden told me that there is a 2-3 month waiting period for the hydro forming dies. Whidden is asking for 3 fired casings to be sent to them to make the dies, however a blueprint of the reamer will also work. I was going to wait until I was able to shoot my rifle when I get it back from the gunsmith, however it takes 2 months to get a barrel from Lilja. I'm not expecting this rifle back until April or May, then a 2-3 month waiting period for the hydro form dies and then another waiting period to get the actual die set made for full length sizing, it's going to be next Thanksgiving before I can actually get down to serious shooting. This build started taking life last June or July. The donor rifle is a Ruger 77, round top, tang safety. First encounter was finding someone who was familiar with, who was good working with Rugers and who wanted to build the rifle for me. Some smiths flat out told me that I was making a mistake going with the Ruger, others simply wanted to sell me a custom or blueprinted Remington action, others told me that they get a whole lot more money to do the build because Rugers required special tooling to work on them. After some time a forum member (FEENIX) told me about Olson Gunsmithing in Montana. I called Dennis and he told me that he really likes working on the Ruger 77ts and has done many builds on them. I told him what I was looking for, he recommended Lilja barrels, I was very happy with the suggestion and now he is building my rifle. Thank you for your reply.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1574356, member: 69192"] I'm not sure who made the reamer, however the gunsmith, Olson Gunsmithing, told me that he would send a blueprint copy of the reamer if I wanted one. I'd like to get the die making process going, Whidden told me that there is a 2-3 month waiting period for the hydro forming dies. Whidden is asking for 3 fired casings to be sent to them to make the dies, however a blueprint of the reamer will also work. I was going to wait until I was able to shoot my rifle when I get it back from the gunsmith, however it takes 2 months to get a barrel from Lilja. I'm not expecting this rifle back until April or May, then a 2-3 month waiting period for the hydro form dies and then another waiting period to get the actual die set made for full length sizing, it's going to be next Thanksgiving before I can actually get down to serious shooting. This build started taking life last June or July. The donor rifle is a Ruger 77, round top, tang safety. First encounter was finding someone who was familiar with, who was good working with Rugers and who wanted to build the rifle for me. Some smiths flat out told me that I was making a mistake going with the Ruger, others simply wanted to sell me a custom or blueprinted Remington action, others told me that they get a whole lot more money to do the build because Rugers required special tooling to work on them. After some time a forum member (FEENIX) told me about Olson Gunsmithing in Montana. I called Dennis and he told me that he really likes working on the Ruger 77ts and has done many builds on them. I told him what I was looking for, he recommended Lilja barrels, I was very happy with the suggestion and now he is building my rifle. Thank you for your reply. [/QUOTE]
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