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<blockquote data-quote="crkckr" data-source="post: 1611172" data-attributes="member: 78056"><p>I had my 'smith chamber and installed a Hart #5.5 barrel on an R700 action. He warned me the reamer was tight, although he never mentioned the word "match" when we talked. He wasn't kidding. Probably 60% of the ammo I had loaded up for my R788 would not chamber and even some milsurp ammo I have (Portuguese) won't go. FL resizing generally helps but not always. I'm going to try a small base die, which I hope will work. A fair portion of my used brass is milsurp match and a good number of those won't even come close. FL sizing helps but some are just flat rejected by the chamber. So I'm currently separating my brass into "NuRem" & "788 only" batches. Kind of a pain but it sure shoots nice! This rifle is like many of my other firearms in that it's never even seen factory ammo (I just tried the mil-surp ammo for fit, haven't shot any of it). I might give some of the small primer brass a try, too. Brand new brass?! What a shocker!</p><p></p><p>All that said, once I get a round into the chamber it usually will fire form to the chamber and then just needs neck sizing. If the small base die works well, I might just have him put a new barrel on the 788, since it's got a lot of rounds down the pipe and has definitely seen better days!</p><p>Cheers,</p><p>crkckr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crkckr, post: 1611172, member: 78056"] I had my 'smith chamber and installed a Hart #5.5 barrel on an R700 action. He warned me the reamer was tight, although he never mentioned the word "match" when we talked. He wasn't kidding. Probably 60% of the ammo I had loaded up for my R788 would not chamber and even some milsurp ammo I have (Portuguese) won't go. FL resizing generally helps but not always. I'm going to try a small base die, which I hope will work. A fair portion of my used brass is milsurp match and a good number of those won't even come close. FL sizing helps but some are just flat rejected by the chamber. So I'm currently separating my brass into "NuRem" & "788 only" batches. Kind of a pain but it sure shoots nice! This rifle is like many of my other firearms in that it's never even seen factory ammo (I just tried the mil-surp ammo for fit, haven't shot any of it). I might give some of the small primer brass a try, too. Brand new brass?! What a shocker! All that said, once I get a round into the chamber it usually will fire form to the chamber and then just needs neck sizing. If the small base die works well, I might just have him put a new barrel on the 788, since it's got a lot of rounds down the pipe and has definitely seen better days! Cheers, crkckr [/QUOTE]
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