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Thinking of buying a lathe, how hard is it to chamber a rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 2651511" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>There is nothing mythical or magical about chambering. Chambering is nothing more than a straight forward machining task. No need to sacrifice the neighbors cat . There are <em><strong>so</strong></em> many other gunsmithing related tasks, other than chambering, that have less of an investment in machinery and tooling, that it just boggles my mind to think that it is what gets the most attention on the interwebs. Maybe that's because so many have dived into it and set themselves up as "gunsmiths". Some worthy of the trade, many who are not. Just owning a lathe and cutting a few chambers doesn't make you a 'smith. The barrel work is the easy part. And, after that lathe, "so I can chamber my own barrels", comes a milling machine with all of the other related tooling and work holding to be able to do anything. A guy gets that mill and lathe, tools 'um up, then starts buying commercially made tools instead of making his own, when he has the tools he could probably make better than he can buy! It would be interesting to calculate just how many custom barrel blanks, how many custom actions, how many McMillian stocks and how many triggers and high end optics could be bought with what it costs to buy and set-up a lathe, just so you could chamber your own barrels. I am sure the answer to that calculation could finance many high end customs. As a school trained gunsmith with now over 30yrs of being in business, I spend much, much more time doing for clients than I have time to shoot my own or do for myself. Hunting seasons get past by many years, because I have work for others that needs doing. I post not to dissuade you from buying a lathe and chambering your own barrels, but to possibly provide some input towards that endeavor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 2651511, member: 24284"] There is nothing mythical or magical about chambering. Chambering is nothing more than a straight forward machining task. No need to sacrifice the neighbors cat . There are [I][B]so[/B][/I] many other gunsmithing related tasks, other than chambering, that have less of an investment in machinery and tooling, that it just boggles my mind to think that it is what gets the most attention on the interwebs. Maybe that's because so many have dived into it and set themselves up as "gunsmiths". Some worthy of the trade, many who are not. Just owning a lathe and cutting a few chambers doesn't make you a 'smith. The barrel work is the easy part. And, after that lathe, "so I can chamber my own barrels", comes a milling machine with all of the other related tooling and work holding to be able to do anything. A guy gets that mill and lathe, tools 'um up, then starts buying commercially made tools instead of making his own, when he has the tools he could probably make better than he can buy! It would be interesting to calculate just how many custom barrel blanks, how many custom actions, how many McMillian stocks and how many triggers and high end optics could be bought with what it costs to buy and set-up a lathe, just so you could chamber your own barrels. I am sure the answer to that calculation could finance many high end customs. As a school trained gunsmith with now over 30yrs of being in business, I spend much, much more time doing for clients than I have time to shoot my own or do for myself. Hunting seasons get past by many years, because I have work for others that needs doing. I post not to dissuade you from buying a lathe and chambering your own barrels, but to possibly provide some input towards that endeavor. [/QUOTE]
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