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Custom rifle with short freebore
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<blockquote data-quote="pineywoods" data-source="post: 1219560" data-attributes="member: 48843"><p>Had a Remington 700 re-barreled with a Hart chambered to 25-06. The gun shoots handloads great but won't chamber some factory loads- particularly bullets with a short bearing surface. Apparently the chamber dimensions are fine but the freebore is .035 whereas SAAMI is .104. The gunsmith used a match reamer- I'm assuming this reamer was designed to shoot VLD type bullets & extend throat erosion life. The gun will routinely shoot under .5 MOA with anything I've worked up in it so I'm hesitant to "fix" it. However, this is a hunting rifle & I'm generally shooting 115 & 117 gr bullets which have to be seated .069 deeper than normal- somewhat intruding on powder space & I would think negatively affecting pressure. Is the short throat a benefit or a handicap in your minds?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pineywoods, post: 1219560, member: 48843"] Had a Remington 700 re-barreled with a Hart chambered to 25-06. The gun shoots handloads great but won't chamber some factory loads- particularly bullets with a short bearing surface. Apparently the chamber dimensions are fine but the freebore is .035 whereas SAAMI is .104. The gunsmith used a match reamer- I'm assuming this reamer was designed to shoot VLD type bullets & extend throat erosion life. The gun will routinely shoot under .5 MOA with anything I've worked up in it so I'm hesitant to "fix" it. However, this is a hunting rifle & I'm generally shooting 115 & 117 gr bullets which have to be seated .069 deeper than normal- somewhat intruding on powder space & I would think negatively affecting pressure. Is the short throat a benefit or a handicap in your minds? [/QUOTE]
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