My uncle recently inherited a Remington 700 with 3 barrels and can't seem to find a cartridge to fit. The barrel says 22-250/.250NK. Very heavy barrels, seems to be competition grade maybe. Any help would be appreciated .
Need some help finding correct cartridge.
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joshb
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Evan is right. Don’t try to force a round in the chamber. The neck area of the chamber was cut too small for a factory round to fit. The gun could blow up. You can easily get brass that will shoot in those barrels. DJ’s Brass can do it for you for a nominal fee. You can also get a gunsmith to open up the chamber necks for a “no turn” neck that you can shoot factory unturned brass in. He should also check the throating to see what bullets should be shot in them. Those barrels are custom made for a very specific cartridge dimension. It’s highly specialized business to reload for them properly. The necks of the brass used needs to be cut thinner, with accuracy to the thousandths of an inch. I bet they’re accurate, tho. Be careful!
Josh
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Dusty Stevens
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^exactly. Sounds like a nice setup. Did he get the dies with it?
Thanks for all the replies guys, I'll have to see if we can find some dies in the piles of reloading supplies the previous owner had. Thanks again.
hoz53
Gold $$ Contributor
Do all the barrels say the same thing. They may all be chambered for different cartridges.
You're about 3hrs away but i appreciate the offer.
I'll have to go over and look at it again when I'm off work, I'll let you know.
GSPV
A failure to plan is a plan for failure.
Bummer! Oh well.
Northwest Ohio
WHat you need is some brass to measure. In addition to dies he must have left brass that goes to that rifle. THat will give you something to measure.
Common neck diameters for the .22-.250 run .254-.256. I saw "/.250NK". For casual shooting including use of factory ammo, a gunsmith needs to open up the neck portion of the chamber. This should not be a big deal. In any event other stuff should be professionally checked out. I take it that your uncle does not want to get into the various nuances of handloading ammo having turned down necks. Some time ago a gunsmith friend had a .22-.250 brought into his shop that had the same situation - I saw him fix it using a hand turned reamer without unscrewing the barrel from the receiver - fixed & head space & other stuff checked out.
You stated that the previous owner had piles of reloading supplies. I would bet in his pile is a box or 2 of neck turned brass that he made to fit the tight necked chamber of this barrel. Taped to the box of brass or in a notebook is all the info you need to made the best load he could come up with for this rifle and barrel.
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