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New Rifle. Utterly horrific chamber...UPDATED 4/19/20
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<blockquote data-quote="25WSM" data-source="post: 1882457" data-attributes="member: 38048"><p>Savage barrel steel is not the greatest. One of my match shooters used a Savage 6br like a ton of guys do in the factory varmint class. At 1000 rounds it had over 4 inches of bad fire cracking. I mean alligator skin looking fire cracking. I cut it off and redid the chamber and crown and it shoots in the 2s. Very accurate barrel just soft. He had this barrel cryo treated too which should of made it last longer. He doesn't shoot hot loads either with 108 Berger's doing 2820. This barrel has alot of tool marks in it not unlike the OPs. But it really hammers and he won his club matches last yr and was winning this yr till the virus shut it all down. I say give the rifle a try it might surprise you how good it shoots. Polishing that chamber won't hurt the size enough to worry about. Those rings are so small you can't measure them with normal tools. I have zero doubt that I could get them out fast and easy on my lathe. I know it sucks to have a sucky chamber on a new gun but I would just fix it and get to shooting. Forget their warranty it obviously stinks and they don't care what they give you. Worse case put a good prefit on it and it will be better yet. If you live near me I will help you out.</p><p>Shep</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="25WSM, post: 1882457, member: 38048"] Savage barrel steel is not the greatest. One of my match shooters used a Savage 6br like a ton of guys do in the factory varmint class. At 1000 rounds it had over 4 inches of bad fire cracking. I mean alligator skin looking fire cracking. I cut it off and redid the chamber and crown and it shoots in the 2s. Very accurate barrel just soft. He had this barrel cryo treated too which should of made it last longer. He doesn't shoot hot loads either with 108 Berger's doing 2820. This barrel has alot of tool marks in it not unlike the OPs. But it really hammers and he won his club matches last yr and was winning this yr till the virus shut it all down. I say give the rifle a try it might surprise you how good it shoots. Polishing that chamber won't hurt the size enough to worry about. Those rings are so small you can't measure them with normal tools. I have zero doubt that I could get them out fast and easy on my lathe. I know it sucks to have a sucky chamber on a new gun but I would just fix it and get to shooting. Forget their warranty it obviously stinks and they don't care what they give you. Worse case put a good prefit on it and it will be better yet. If you live near me I will help you out. Shep [/QUOTE]
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