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Barrel Prefit Methodology
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<blockquote data-quote="Boe" data-source="post: 2369194" data-attributes="member: 25890"><p><em>The issue with a short chamber option is you don't have the reamer they short chambered the barrel with. The one you use will most likely have different dimensions. Could be leade, throat, neck, body, who knows unless you have the reamer print for both. Then you have to confirm the reamer manufacturer hit his numbers. That doesn't always happen. Otherwise you're going to have a ridge in the chamber somewhere. I've bore scoped a few of those chambers. I would suggest the short shoulder option. Get the chamber cut to full depth and set the headspace with the tenon </em></p><p> <em>lenghth. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Richard Hilts</em></p><p><em>Hilts Accuracy Custom Rifles</em></p><p><em><a href="http://www.hiltscustomrifles.com" target="_blank">www.hiltscustomrifles.com</a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boe, post: 2369194, member: 25890"] [I]The issue with a short chamber option is you don't have the reamer they short chambered the barrel with. The one you use will most likely have different dimensions. Could be leade, throat, neck, body, who knows unless you have the reamer print for both. Then you have to confirm the reamer manufacturer hit his numbers. That doesn't always happen. Otherwise you're going to have a ridge in the chamber somewhere. I've bore scoped a few of those chambers. I would suggest the short shoulder option. Get the chamber cut to full depth and set the headspace with the tenon [/I] [I]lenghth. Richard Hilts Hilts Accuracy Custom Rifles [URL='http://www.hiltscustomrifles.com']www.hiltscustomrifles.com[/URL][/I] [/QUOTE]
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