Barrel Question

[floyd kittrell]

I am chasing the lands on my Warbird ,it has throat erosion . I do not mind shooting it as a single shot . Is it practical to have it throated to smooth the lands to some degree run the bullets out to get more barrel life or is this nonsense , a waste of time , money and effort ? If it is wasted effort I will have it re-barreled next year .
Thank you in advance Sirs , Floyd

 

[elkaholic]

I am chasing the lands on my Warbird ,it has throat erosion . I do not mind shooting it as a single shot . Is it practical to have it throated to smooth the lands to some degree run the bullets out to get more barrel life or is this nonsense , a waste of time , money and effort ? If it is wasted effort I will have it re-barreled next year .
Thank you in advance Sirs , Floyd

It depends on "how far" you have to chase them, IMO. If you still have sufficient bullet body in the neck, and you dont mind single feeding, it probably is worth it.

 

[floyd kittrell]

It depends on "how far" you have to chase them, IMO. If you still have sufficient bullet body in the neck, and you dont mind single feeding, it probably is worth it.

Thank you Sir , I hoped you would respond !

 

[338 dude]

I am chasing the lands on my Warbird ,it has throat erosion . I do not mind shooting it as a single shot . Is it practical to have it throated to smooth the lands to some degree run the bullets out to get more barrel life or is this nonsense , a waste of time , money and effort ? If it is wasted effort I will have it re-barreled next year .
Thank you in advance Sirs , Floyd

How does it shoot if it shoots good enough for you keep going anything you do to smooth out the throat is just accelerating the wear that is already happening

 

[MagnumManiac]

If you have a chronograph, instead of chasing the lands, you note the velocity when you started with a good known load, then as throat wear is evident and velocity drops, you simply increase powder until the known velocity is reached again.
I do this with my comp barrels. Once velocity is no longer able to increase, I then cut one thread and re-chamber. This does not always give fresh metal, but it does increase barrel life than if it wasn't done.
My barrels are normally toast after the fourth setback and re-chamber. 2here I shoot until the barrel gives up the ghost.

Cheers.

 

[nksmfamjp]

Personally, if I were happy with today's accuracy, I would consider cutting the breech back a couple threads and recutting the chamber.

Any reason this isn't the right answer? Interested in a gunsmith's point of view...

 

[lancetkenyon]

7.82 Warbird is a real firebreather. It is not just the throat you need to be inspecting. If the bore has a lot of fire cracking down the first 25%+, I would personally plan on rebarreling rather than just cutting it back, rethreading and rechambering it. If you have 700-900+ down it, might as well spend another $350-800 and just buy a new barrel and start fresh. If you need a smith to do the work, you will be paying for all the same labor anyway.

 

[floyd kittrell]

How does it shoot if it shoots good enough for you keep going anything you do to smooth out the throat is just accelerating the wear that is already happening

Thank you , Sirs , all responses have been noted and welcomed ! I will respond with more info after I finish my rush quotes I am presently working . If there is more thoughts or advice please send to me .


Thanks to all again , it is appreciated .

Floyd

 

[cape cove]

A good smith told me that if I could do the work myself then it would probably be worth it to set back. If I could not do it myself, as @lancetkenyon mentioned, then it probably wasn't worth the expense and a re-barrel would be better.

 

[7stw]

If you have a chronograph, instead of chasing the lands, you note the velocity when you started with a good known load, then as throat wear is evident and velocity drops, you simply increase powder until the known velocity is reached again.
I do this with my comp barrels. Once velocity is no longer able to increase, I then cut one thread and re-chamber. This does not always give fresh metal, but it does increase barrel life than if it wasn't done.
My barrels are normally toast after the fourth setback and re-chamber. 2here I shoot until the barrel gives up the ghost.

Cheers.

I'm with Magnums take on it. I had a seven mag, that I shot the throat out of. First, I seated bullets out farther, and added .5 grain of powder, problem solved. Later, the issue arose again, had chamber recut, set back, and it shot better then when new. I attribute this to tighter spec on reamer.
Another friend of mine, simply rechambered to 7stw. You may not have that or, similar as an option. It all depends on the condition on the remainder of the rifling!
2 cents!

 

[lancetkenyon]

The bad thing is, not many, if any, smiths have a 7.82 Warbird reamer as it is a vary rare and proprietary round. The case head diameter is also not very common.

 

[waveslayer]

My smith has a reamer for the Warbird, he bought it for my dad and I. PM if you want his info, he is extremely reasonable. He does all the custom barrels for the DT guys and PRS guys.

 

[lancetkenyon]

He does all the barrels for the PRS guys?

 

[waveslayer]

He does all the barrels for the PRS guys?

Just not yours... sorry you are missing out! JK. I can clarify that, all the Sin City guys in Vegas and a lot of the Utah guys .