OK Alpha... I'm a huge fan but this is a bridge too far.

[LVLAaron]

Alpha Legacy Predrill - Carbide | Alpha Munitions

Alpha Munitions’ Legacy drill is designed for pre-drilling chambers before using rougher reamers or chamber reamers, ensuring a precise starting point for chambering. Made from solid carbide, the drill is...

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[WayneShaw]

So......you're going to drill, dial in and bore true, so what's the deal?

 

[Walt Krafft]

McMaster beats their price by a bunch.

 

[mike mccormick]

Damn! They are really proud of them. At that price I bet they don't sell, well, any

 

[Sniperhandle]

Close enough,

RapidKut 7.8mm Solid Carbide Drill 5xD TiAlN Coated 2 Flute Coolant Thru | eBay

X 8 mm Shank Dia. Length Chip Flute LCF53 mm. Flute Count Nof2. Flute Helix Angle Fha30 Degrees. Length Group5xD. Usable Length Lu53 mm.

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[okie]

will a regular shop grade twist drill not work???

 

[rdremsek]

Alpha garbage as usual

 

[V35]

There is a sucker born every day!

 

[SKWERLZ]

will a regular shop grade twist drill not work???

I use quality screw machine drills.

I could see using a core drill if you were cranking out some serious numbers of chambers a year.

 

[FireMedic]

Hard to beat a piloted core drill for speed.

 

[SKWERLZ]

Alpha Legacy Predrill - Carbide | Alpha Munitions

Alpha Munitions’ Legacy drill is designed for pre-drilling chambers before using rougher reamers or chamber reamers, ensuring a precise starting point for chambering. Made from solid carbide, the drill is...

alphamunitions.com

Not even coolant through at that price!

 

[joshb]

That is one pricey drill bit! I’ll start appreciating my carbide dies a little more!

 

[WSnyder]

Ha! What about their carbide costly as heck headspace gauges? 50-75% more costly than a gauge from JGS. And why carbide? Drop that sucker on the rim and there you go it's chipped

Alpha Legacy Chamber Go Gauge | Alpha Munitions

Alpha Legacy Chamber Gauges are the most accurate in the industry.

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[okie]

I use quality screw machine drills.

I could see using a core drill if you were cranking out some serious numbers of chambers a year.

Got it.
Makes sense

 

[Sniperhandle]

Got it.
Makes sense

But this drill they are offering is not a core drill, It's just a carbide twist drill.

 

[Judd]

You just need 6 of them

 

[WSnyder]

I use quality screw machine drills.

Same. I have a set of Precision Twist Drills cobalt screw machine length that make quick work of pre-drilling.

 

[LVLAaron]

Hard to beat a piloted core drill for speed.

These feel like cheating.

 

[urbanrifleman]

I use drills from the local tool store. I do make sure they are the USA made.

 

[hogpatrol]

My guess on these being required for government contract bids and a campaign contribution figured in there somewhere.