Reamer question

[Baddog0302]

This may not be the right forum as this deals with having a chamber cut to a specific bullet [cast] shape. But probably applies to some form of jacketed bullet shooting.
It it better to have a reamer cut with the specific throat included ?? of see if the gun smith has a chamber reamer that the specific throating reamer can be attached, OR do the chamber and throating in two separate operations ??

 

[Gundoktr]

You could do it either way. If the desired throat is shorter than standard, you would probably need a special reamer ground for that. If longer, a throater would work. anoher option would be to send a few dummy rounds off to PTG and he will grind a reamer to match.

Sometimes "better" is determined by how much money you want to spend. I have always said, "I can do anything you want, as long as you have enough money". Kinda crude but true.

 

[Erik Cortina]

You could do it either way. If the desired throat is shorter than standard, you would probably need a special reamer ground for that. If longer, a throater would work. anoher option would be to send a few dummy rounds off to PTG and he will grind a reamer to match.

Sometimes "better" is determined by how much money you want to spend. I have always said, "I can do anything you want, as long as you have enough money". Kinda crude but true.

I'm a contractor, and my saying to my customers is "Nothing is impossible, it just costs more money"

Back to the reamer. I have my own reamers and I prefer to have freebore built into the reamer for consistency.

 

[X Ring Accuracy]

Sometimes "better" is determined by how much money you want to spend. I have always said, "I can do anything you want, as long as you have enough money". Kinda crude but true.

There are 3 rules to follow in gun building or anything else. You have 3 options so pick only 2: Fast Cheap Good Remember, only 2 of the 3. Best bet is as stated above, make some dummy rounds, send to PTG and have a reamer made for your dimensions. Most likely Dave will know the specs off the top of his his head. He is unreal

 

[Baddog0302]

Thank you all, I'm checking to see what the two barrel makers say about their in house reamers.