Gunsmithing Best 300PRC reamer?
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About | Manson Precision Reamers | Grand Blanc, MI
Dave Manson founded Manson Precision Reamers and grew the company to become the country’s premier supplier of chamber reamers, headspace gauges and cutting tools for firearms.
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About | Manson Precision Reamers | Grand Blanc, MI
Dave Manson founded Manson Precision Reamers and grew the company to become the country’s premier supplier of chamber reamers, headspace gauges and cutting tools for firearms.
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I was wondering about them. I try to get all of my go/no go gauges from them but someone mentioned that their QC has slipped recently but I haven’t found anything to back that up yet.
There isn’t much to improve on the saami reamer if you’re shooting the 200-230gr match bullets. Body dimensions are good for hornady brass. If your Smith already has it, might as well use it. Magazine constraints or bullets off the beaten path may require some alterations to saami specs.
PTG is very hit and miss. My reamer happens to be from them and works very well. Manson and JGS also have the saami version.
PTG is very hit and miss. My reamer happens to be from them and works very well. Manson and JGS also have the saami version.
That’s what started my hunt, both of the smiths I would use are to busy slapping out 6 & 6.5 variations to local guys like candy and don’t have a reamer and neither want to buy one just to do one rifle. I figure I’ll just buy one and then have it for the next barrel....or rent it out to them ?
When did PTG head downhill? It’s been a couple of years since I ordered anything from them.
Oh man, there are several threads on ptg. One was dozens of pages if I recall. They grew very fast and had some teething issues that aren’t fully resolved. Most common complain was in stock stuff doesn’t ship, or stuff ships and is incorrect, and ptg wants to charge a restock fee to return.
Back to business. Here’s a saami 300 PRC reamer. Note the tapered neck, and long freebore.
As a point of comparison, a 300 Norma has a virtually identical neck length(.325 vs .321 for PRC), but .017 less freebore than the PRC. Hornady really wanted to get the heavies out of the powder space with the PRC. Buy a box of brass, pick two bullets, pick your intended magazine, and make some dummies. Then tinker.
Thank you for the advice!
Regarding the tapered neck, the neck wall thickness of the brass is tapered to match(6.5 PRC is the same). Unless you’re going to neck turn, don’t be inclined to make the neck cylindrical like most other match reamers are.
Tinker away, but you’re best suited I think with saami imo. You’ll be able to rent it to people easier that way as well.
Tinker away, but you’re best suited I think with saami imo. You’ll be able to rent it to people easier that way as well.
Unless he ordered a ptg then he’s probably still waiting
No. He ordered one, received it, its bad, he sent it back, they charged him a restocking fee, and now he’s waiting for the replacement.
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I spec'd out a Reamer from JGS, Wheeler specs with .060 shorter freebore to run 215/220s it's perfect.
