Shoots100, sorry for the long delay. I don't frequent this site as much as I probably should and I have a terrible time remembering my login ID and password.
The set of reamers I have are a matched set. Meaning they are matched together to make both the chamber and the resizer die and seating die using them. If you are just looking for a chamber reamer it would be cheaper for you to just buy a single chamber reamer, if you’re having someone else make your reloading dies.
(I hate to break up sets of reamers that are matched on the same run as it’s about as good as I can set people up with for precision shooting.)
This may be information you are already aware of but the difference between the 14/221 Walker and the 14 Fireball is pretty identical to the difference between the 17 Mach IV and the 17 Fireball, only in 14 caliber. I have not confirmed but I believe the 14 LRB was set up on the same principle and is matched to the 14 Fireball dimensions, but I'm not sure. It’s tough finding folks that shoot the 14 LRB to verify it.
Jeff (of Lawrence Rifle Barrels) got a hold of me a
LONG time back and wanted to make it a standard dimension for the 221 fireball case (the parent case) for those 14 caliber cartridges designed around it. Looking back I think he was right and wish I would have followed up all those years ago.
(The 17 Fireball was in total infancy and just a factory proto type at Remington. Brass for the 17 fireball was not available to the public at that time.)
I would
LOVE to hear the specifics of your barrel. (Blank material and land/groove configuration) of your 14 caliber 1 in 9 twist barrel.) The only 1 in 9 twist rate barrels I have seen are the six I originally ordered from Pac/Nor before their facility burned down. I told Chris and Casey I would buy 6 of them to get them to make the button and make a run of them. I wanted the 1 in 9 twist rate to try new bullets in as apposed to the 1 in 7 twist rate barrels that I had been purchasing from them. (I wanted to cover their cost to make the rifling buttons). I cannot heap enough praise on those 2 for their incredible work and help keeping the 14 calibers alive. Their incredible talents and INCREDIBLE barrels are as good as anyone could ever ask for.
I originally meet with them about 25 years ago at the Shot show in Las Vegas. We (Extreme Accuracy) were the first Berger Bullet dealer on the west coast (the other 2 were all on the east coast) and I was meeting Walt Berger down there to touch bases and go over new products. I was trying to get him to make 14 caliber bullets and he was looking at me like I was crazy and said he already had his hands full with the 17’s and 20’s. I walked down to meet Dave Kiff of PTG at their booth and there sat Chris and Casey of Pac-Nor. I told them that I had been trying to get 14 caliber barrels for several years and had been working with Russ Lucas, Blaine Eddy and Frank Brakefield to get the project off the ground. They looked at each other. Asked me what twist rate I wanted and what land groove configuration that I thought would be the best.
I told them I wanted to try a 1 in 7 twist rate 3 wide land/groove configuration. I wanted it in stainless if at all possible. We chatted for about an hour and then I headed off to meet and BS with a friend, Butch from "Butches Bore Shine".
We wrapped up the gun show the next day and headed back home. Low and behold about a month later the UPS truck pulled up and walked me over the very first 14 caliber barrel Pac-Nor ever made. My jaw marks are still on the ground where I opened that package. A 1 in 7 twist 14 caliber Super Match Stainless barrel in a Sendero taper. The note inside said take it for a spin and see what it can do. That very same barrel is still my #1 fourteen caliber rifle. It has piled up a
MOUNTAIN of critters. Some WAY, WAY bigger than a 14 caliber should have ever been able to handle, or to be used on to be honest. (I guess nobody told it that it couldn't.)
It’s ran every bullet weight I can through it and in a very wide variety of speeds. (3,800 to well over 5,000 fps on a fairly regular basis.) The thing is still racking up Aces and good groups. It has a very special place in my heart and is a true testament to the pride and quality of the Dichter’s and Pac-Nor barrel company’s ability and name.
Again, I apologize for both rambling on and for giving out advice or information that is not wanted or asked for. The 14 calibers have blessed me with working with some of the most incredible people I could ever ask to meet. I hope that it will do the same for you.
I wish you the very best on your project and hope it is a great success for you,
Carl C.
Extreme Accuracy
www.14caliber.com
He actually does make the best 14 caliber solids I’ve ever seen but I REALLY don’t like to use solids in any of my small bore rifles. (Way too hard on the rifling’s).
