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Rem 700 Sendero caliber swap questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 527495" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>The bolt face has to be opened to a mag diameter. If the barrel is in good shape then it can just be rechambered to 257Wby, perhaps with a quarter inch of set back to clean up the shoulder angle if I remember correctly. But while all that is being done you should have the action trued and bedded and the trigger adjusted and might as well recrown. If you set back the barrel very much then you have pretty much defeated the benefits of the extra case capacity and might as well stay with the 25-06 which is a nice cartridge in its own right</p><p></p><p>If you want a new barrel which would be the better way to go, then that has to be chambered threaded and and crowned. The question of twist rates and length arises and that depends upon your intended use of the rifle. There are a few custom bulletsmiths out there making decent long range bullets in 257 and with those bullets it is really a great long range caliber but you need a twist that will stabilize them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 527495, member: 8"] The bolt face has to be opened to a mag diameter. If the barrel is in good shape then it can just be rechambered to 257Wby, perhaps with a quarter inch of set back to clean up the shoulder angle if I remember correctly. But while all that is being done you should have the action trued and bedded and the trigger adjusted and might as well recrown. If you set back the barrel very much then you have pretty much defeated the benefits of the extra case capacity and might as well stay with the 25-06 which is a nice cartridge in its own right If you want a new barrel which would be the better way to go, then that has to be chambered threaded and and crowned. The question of twist rates and length arises and that depends upon your intended use of the rifle. There are a few custom bulletsmiths out there making decent long range bullets in 257 and with those bullets it is really a great long range caliber but you need a twist that will stabilize them. [/QUOTE]
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