Chamber cast shows rifling is "off"

[joshb]

This is what I see. A general idea, anyway...

One side rifling ends .09

Roll 160* and rifling ends .18 from chamber neck cut.

Have not shot the gun yet. Checking everything and loading some test rounds.

The good news is that it's a 30 inch barrel, straight 1&1/4 inch bull, so it can be whacked and re chambered fairly simply but more bucks. If it shoots half decent, I'll live with it.
Humor? The guy cut a "split throat". Half for the 95s and half for the 105s.

 

[snert]

This is what I see. A general idea, anyway...

One side rifling ends .09

Roll 160* and rifling ends .18 from chamber neck cut.

Have not shot the gun yet. Checking everything and loading some test rounds.

The good news is that it's a 30 inch barrel, straight 1&1/4 inch bull, so it can be whacked and re chambered fairly simply but more bucks. If it shoots half decent, I'll live with it.
Humor? The guy cut a "split throat". Half for the 95s and half for the 105s.

josh,

Like your attitude! Some guys would be trying to hunt down the smith to lop off the leg of his firstborn...but you took it in stride, and made a joke about it. I bet your shooting friends like to be around you. Good luck with the rifle and let us know how it shoots.

 

[tclaunch]

I paid good money for a chamber job years ago to a highly respected smith and had the same issue. I would load ammo long, and the bullet had marks from rifling only on one side. I raised hell with the smith, and he was so defensive asking if I shot over flags and how much money he had invested in flags, pure BS. I do my own metal work now and can assure he was a lazy prick. I like you probably have lost confidence in that barrel, but mine actually shot decent..... He lived in Red Lion PA.

 

['Freak]

Curious …, was the chamber cut angled into the bore or off centers or both?

 

[mac86951]

Humor? The guy cut a "split throat". Half for the 95s and half for the 105s.

Ha-ha, just be sure to mark an index on the cases so you know which way to turn them before feeding into the chamber...

My 7mm was a similar story and was a quick fix (three turns by hand) with a finishing throater (not including disassembly). If you decide that you want to fix it, there are many avenues to take, just don't forget this one as a possibility.

-Mac

 

[joshb]

Probably shooting it tomorrow. Will report. I think my gun was talking to me today. " set me back and make me a Dasher" could be the cold medicine, tho.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

At least with your action all you gotta do is call your gunsmith and youll have a barrel on the way without having to send it off

 

[joshb]

At least with your action all you gotta do is call your gunsmith and youll have a barrel on the way without having to send it off

I'm on the "up slope" of my learning curve. It sure makes me feel warm and fuzzy to hear that! I shot the gun yesterday. Nothing stellar yet. Best groups were in the threes and fours. I'll work on it for a while and see.