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Thinking of buying a lathe, how hard is it to chamber a rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote Shadow Tracker" data-source="post: 2680679" data-attributes="member: 116439"><p>Can't understand why someone would spend a lot of time learning Gun Smithing and spend a small fortune on equipment/machinery and then do a terrible job on chambering a rifle. Then combine the Smiths that keep your components for years.</p><p>To be a Gun Smith I would think the only reason to do that is the LOVE of Firearms.</p><p>I think that the poor quality may be coming from Shops that hire HELP and that those individuals are not Gun Smiths, but just a machinists and have no idea about what goes into the metal of a Firearm.</p><p>I know some manufactures and larger shops that have machinist that don't shoot or hunt or know anything about accuracy but are chambering barrels.</p><p>Also the really TRUE Gun Smith Shops are disappearing. It is very hard to find a Gun Smith that know how to work on all firearms. I learned GS on my own, but stopped working on firearms about 10 years ago. Will do some work for friends/family. A lot of the work is nickel & dime and you can't charge or get paid for the work. Too much Time-Too Little Pay.</p><p>We went and bought all new equipment and machinery several years ago to specifically custom Chamber and new builds. The reason we do it is because our love for hunting/shooting/building. We want the most accurate rifles for competition. Kind of like the golf player always getting a hole in one. We just want all the bullets to go into one hole.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote Shadow Tracker, post: 2680679, member: 116439"] Can't understand why someone would spend a lot of time learning Gun Smithing and spend a small fortune on equipment/machinery and then do a terrible job on chambering a rifle. Then combine the Smiths that keep your components for years. To be a Gun Smith I would think the only reason to do that is the LOVE of Firearms. I think that the poor quality may be coming from Shops that hire HELP and that those individuals are not Gun Smiths, but just a machinists and have no idea about what goes into the metal of a Firearm. I know some manufactures and larger shops that have machinist that don't shoot or hunt or know anything about accuracy but are chambering barrels. Also the really TRUE Gun Smith Shops are disappearing. It is very hard to find a Gun Smith that know how to work on all firearms. I learned GS on my own, but stopped working on firearms about 10 years ago. Will do some work for friends/family. A lot of the work is nickel & dime and you can't charge or get paid for the work. Too much Time-Too Little Pay. We went and bought all new equipment and machinery several years ago to specifically custom Chamber and new builds. The reason we do it is because our love for hunting/shooting/building. We want the most accurate rifles for competition. Kind of like the golf player always getting a hole in one. We just want all the bullets to go into one hole. [/QUOTE]
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