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Lengthen throat? Cost? DIY?
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<blockquote data-quote="entoptics" data-source="post: 2072923" data-attributes="member: 104268"><p>I have two barrels, which are Savage prefits, that have throats considerably shorter than I'd like (0.15" - 0.19").</p><p></p><p>FYI, these are a 264WM, and a 7mm Rem Mag, which will be exclusively shooting ELD-M/X bullets (perhaps some other VLD types, but nothing lighter than 143/175 gr). They both shoot pretty decent as is, but they come in right around SAAMI max length when 0.020" off the lands, so there's a heck of a lot of bullet below the neck/shoulder, and I have 3.5" of magazine to work with.</p><p></p><p>I've got access to a pretty solid lathe, and am pretty handy, but not sure I'd want to buy a reamer, then screw it up and be out a barrel <em>and</em> a reamer...</p><p></p><p>I don't have any smiths nearby, but since these are prefits, I assume costs would be somewhat lower if I were to send the barrels off to have it done? What's the "best guess" for what it would cost for a single barrel?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="entoptics, post: 2072923, member: 104268"] I have two barrels, which are Savage prefits, that have throats considerably shorter than I'd like (0.15" - 0.19"). FYI, these are a 264WM, and a 7mm Rem Mag, which will be exclusively shooting ELD-M/X bullets (perhaps some other VLD types, but nothing lighter than 143/175 gr). They both shoot pretty decent as is, but they come in right around SAAMI max length when 0.020" off the lands, so there's a heck of a lot of bullet below the neck/shoulder, and I have 3.5" of magazine to work with. I've got access to a pretty solid lathe, and am pretty handy, but not sure I'd want to buy a reamer, then screw it up and be out a barrel [I]and[/I] a reamer... I don't have any smiths nearby, but since these are prefits, I assume costs would be somewhat lower if I were to send the barrels off to have it done? What's the "best guess" for what it would cost for a single barrel? [/QUOTE]
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