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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber i had lasik in the 80's and went from 20/400 and 20/200 to 20/30. but lately having problems. eye dr sent me to an eye surgeon and both say left eye done wrong in the 80's. so tomorrow the lasik dr will "grind/shape" both to proper shape. says no reason not to...
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber well hell project on hold for a week or so. had a dr appt. and gotta have eye surgery asap. when i get to the rifle will let ya know and THANKS for all the help and interest!!
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber longrange....lookat the pic you posted for me. and thanks again. see the ring on em about a quarter of the way up? this is unfired, unsized etc brass straight out of the box. it has been chambered. however, ALL the nosler brass i have has it, even the unchambered...
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber not yet but maybe by this afternoon. have been on another site getting opinions too. they range from using a wooden dowel w/ slits cut in it to hold fine grit paper to using fired brass threaded at the base and attached to a rod w/a mild abrasive paste on the case...
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    Hornady OAL gauge varies with bullets?

    Re: Hornady OAL gauge varies with bullets? You take a small sample size, get an 'average' and go from there, is my thought on it. you forgot to add...AND HOPE FOR THE BEST
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber yea, i would only polish the part of the chamber relating to the shoulder forward to the neck where the rough spots are.
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber ok.......looked into the chamber as suggested. could see bottom of it a lot better than top but nothing to see. clean. fingers to big/short to feel around. next...?
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: longrange****</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Anyway, you definitely have something in your chamber, before you get too crazy get a light, pull your bolt and look down into your chamber and...
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber ok. that will be later today but i will do that b4 i try and polish it out. understand about the cylinder wall/chamber analogy. am only gonna try and polish where the problem area is. but...will take a look see first and let ya know. that will be later today though...
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber cool. preciate it. in the meantime i'm going to get a wooden dowel, say 3/8" dia, cut a slot in the end, put a strip of 12,000 grit sandpaper in the slot, a little JB bore cleaning compound on the paper, chuck the other end in a drill and at a slow speed try and...
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ykrvak</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Here you go. http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=39427&nt=9&page=1 </div></div> went to that link. thanks anyway, but...
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber thanks. you young guys have no idea how it is to be 50 plus and have your grandkid say wanna see my Iwhatever do $#@^ whatever. i have been discussing chevy 350 4 bolt mains compression ratios at work and a 19 yr old said 'whats a carburator do"?
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber how the HELL do i post a pic? FAQ says there will be a FILE MANAGER on the FULL REPLY SCREEN. not on my full reply screen there ain't. unless...........
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: __JR__</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Can you see anything on the shoulder or up towards the base in the chamber itself? From the muzzle end, push a patch til it gets to the throat, take...
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Badshot308</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You don't have to pull the barrel to polish a chamber. Has this gun chamber issue since you purchased it in 1982, or did something happen to to it...
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber will TRY and take/post a pic of an affected case tomorrow. where the hell is the BROWSE option so ican upload a pic from a camera. all i see is "using UBBCODE" below this box. stop laughing!! is it the "enter an image" box above? i hate these damn things.
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber i know this is gonna sound really stupid, but i hope in the long run they DON'T have to pull the bbl. i always like to bed and freefloat my hunting rifles, because i can, its fun, i like to do it, and it usually helps accuracy. in 1982 when i got it, i fully...
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    Re: bolt gun rough chamber does it when just dropping a rd in the chamber (not using mag/feedrails) too. gotta be chamber?
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    Gunsmithing bolt gun rough chamber

    i have an older rem 721? (its in the safe don't make me go look it up)in 300 H&H that it "catches" when you chamber an unfired case just as you go to close the bolt and is damn near impossible to close the bolt on a reload. i rarely shoot it so never got into the problem real good. today i...
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    .308 WIN dies

    Re: .308 WIN dies ok, will do. on my NEW brass (nosler) i always just neck size to make sure the hole is round using graphite as lube, then imperial when i FL size. maybe i should use imperial on the expanding manrel?
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