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Gunsmithing Bolt raceway reaming

jafa100

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I was hoping some of the guys that are doing Remington bolt raceway reaming could post some pics of their setups. I have a reamer on the way from PT&G. I need some info on the best way to set up the action. Thanks
 
Re: Bolt raceway reaming

I do it with the action setup in the spider that I normally use for cutting the tenon true again. All of it's done in the same setup without moving the setup even 1 time. This way everything is cut to as true as your lathe is.

For a good pictorial description of the setup take a look at Bill Roscoe's website found here

ETA: My method may not be the preferred way by some of the other gents who do this for a living but so far it's yielded me some very fine shooting rifles that are more capable than I am.