PPG Match Reamer

[Someoldguy]

I have recently acquired a PPG match reamer. Based upon the specs I am able to locate on line, (I realize this may be erroneous and will require verification), it appears that the freebore length is unusually long, at .0680".

Is there any particular bullet in the .223/.224 caliber that any of you have noticed prefers a long 'jump'? Or should I just plan to order an 8, or perhaps 7 twist barrel in order to shoot 80 grain or perhaps a bit heavier bullets and seat them close, if not into the lands?

I've no particular desire to shoot heavy-for-caliber .224 bullets. But I've no desire to fight a long freebore with 55 or 60 grain bullets, either.

If anyone has been down this road, I'd like to hear from you. I suppose Dave Kiff would be the guy to talk to, but I'm not sure if he's giving out unsolicited advice these days?

Thanks for your thoughts.

 

[ab_bentley]

I have recently acquired a PPG match reamer. Based upon the specs I am able to locate on line, (I realize this may be erroneous and will require verification), it appears that the freebore length is unusually long, at .0680".

Is there any particular bullet in the .223/.224 caliber that any of you have noticed prefers a long 'jump'? Or should I just plan to order an 8, or perhaps 7 twist barrel in order to shoot 80 grain or perhaps a bit heavier bullets and seat them close, if not into the lands?

I've no particular desire to shoot heavy-for-caliber .224 bullets. But I've no desire to fight a long freebore with 55 or 60 grain bullets, either.

If anyone has been down this road, I'd like to hear from you. I suppose Dave Kiff would be the guy to talk to, but I'm not sure if he's giving out unsolicited advice these days?

Thanks for your thoughts.

.068 isn't long, I'm throating my LR 223s @ .125-.145".

 

[Someoldguy]

.068 isn't long, I'm throating my LR 223s @ .125-.145".

No kidding? I was going off a reamer comparison table published on another site some time ago, and the PTG Match showed the longest freebore length. Hence, my question.

Thank you for the insight.

 

[shortgrass]

Use the reamer to cut a 'sample' chamber in a barrel stub or , for that matter, a piece of cold rolled bar and check out seating depth for yourself. No guesses that way. You don't even have to cut the complete chamber, just to the should/body junction.

 

[RWO]

I recently bought a catalog standard .223 match reamer from PTG. The free bore is .025" according to the dwg. and looks like it from a rough measurement with a caliper. This is supposedly the correct value for up to 60 gr. bullets according to the tech I spoke with. See the PTG website. 0.068 free bore is a standard catalog item. My reamer shank has the dwg. number and the free bore engraved on it. If yours does, you should be able to go to the website and search that number to get the dwg.

RWO

 

[Someoldguy]

I recently bought a catalog standard .223 match reamer from PTG. The free bore is .025" according to the dwg. and looks like it from a rough measurement with a caliper. This is supposedly the correct value for up to 60 gr. bullets according to the tech I spoke with. See the PTG website. 0.068 free bore is a standard catalog item. My reamer shank has the dwg. number and the free bore engraved on it. If yours does, you should be able to go to the website and search that number to get the dwg.

RWO

Thanks for the information.