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375/08 vs 375 raptor
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<blockquote data-quote="marksman1941" data-source="post: 2928220" data-attributes="member: 68542"><p>I called up SWS At the beginning of the week and purchased their last set of raptor dies for $120 delivered, so at least those are on the way. I read on another forum that the ch4d dies that person had ordered in late 2022 were estimated to be produced by December of 2024, which is a wild lead time. I don't know if that's changed yet at all. </p><p></p><p>I didn't consider that it may be problematic to alter the .308 chamber to a .375 raptor due to the shorter case length. I'll have to look into that. One of my goals for this rifle was to take the rem700 sps .308 that my dad gave me when I was 18 (and that's seen thousands of rounds and is pretty well done) and breathe new life into it. That big heavy barrel seemed like the perfect candidate for a big re-bore. Shed some weight off the thing while also making it usable again.</p><p></p><p>I had planned on buying TNT supers to break in the raptor and get some formed brass but they've been out of stock for a good while. I assumed they'd stopped production like everyone else seems to have, but I'll keep an eye in case they do put some up. If not, I have a metric truckload of 7.62x51 brass that I no longer have a need for so I may make a winter project out of converting brass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marksman1941, post: 2928220, member: 68542"] I called up SWS At the beginning of the week and purchased their last set of raptor dies for $120 delivered, so at least those are on the way. I read on another forum that the ch4d dies that person had ordered in late 2022 were estimated to be produced by December of 2024, which is a wild lead time. I don’t know if that’s changed yet at all. I didn’t consider that it may be problematic to alter the .308 chamber to a .375 raptor due to the shorter case length. I’ll have to look into that. One of my goals for this rifle was to take the rem700 sps .308 that my dad gave me when I was 18 (and that’s seen thousands of rounds and is pretty well done) and breathe new life into it. That big heavy barrel seemed like the perfect candidate for a big re-bore. Shed some weight off the thing while also making it usable again. I had planned on buying TNT supers to break in the raptor and get some formed brass but they’ve been out of stock for a good while. I assumed they’d stopped production like everyone else seems to have, but I’ll keep an eye in case they do put some up. If not, I have a metric truckload of 7.62x51 brass that I no longer have a need for so I may make a winter project out of converting brass. [/QUOTE]
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