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Oversized bore
26 September 2011, 23:26
D HumbargerOversized bore
Really not benchrest but I have a rifle which i slugged the bore due to accuracy problems that are driving me nutz! The bore is .0001 (one thousanth) oversize. How much should this affect accuracy?
Doug Humbarger
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27 September 2011, 05:57
butchlambertDoug,
That isn't your problem.
Butch
27 September 2011, 06:27
D HumbargerButch the rifle is a 375 jdj that I built useing a shilen #5 CM barrel. When i shoot cast bullets that are .001 to .002 over bore size the guns shoots well but it won't shoot jacketed bullets as their diameter is .375 & the bore is .376, no gas seal with jacketed bullets
? Groups are about 2 1/2" at best with all kind of different loads. A friend who shoots nothing but cast suggested slugging the bore & thats when we found the oversize issue.
I am going to really hate being restricted to shooting cast bullets.
Doug Humbarger
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27 September 2011, 06:53
butchlambertDoug,
The bore size of a 375 Shilen or other brands are .366 approx. The groove size is 375. You said .0001 oversize. What is .0001 oversize?
Butch
27 September 2011, 16:53
D HumbargerWhen I slugged the bore with a hard cast .377 dia bullet it comes out .376 groove to groove. When I tapped a jacketed .375 Hornady into the muzzle only the lands mark the bullet. The groove to groove diameter is .376 & the diameter land to land is .369.
Doug Humbarger
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Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73.
Yankee Station
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27 September 2011, 19:02
butchlambertHave you called Shilen? That is what I would do.
Butch
27 September 2011, 19:12
D HumbargerI might do that. Thanks Butch. I guess I should have slugged the bore before I started this project. I'm just glade the rifle is for me and not a customer.
Doug Humbarger
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Yankee Station
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27 September 2011, 19:21
D HumbargerTheir seems to be a problem with their website. Do you have their phone number Butch?
Doug Humbarger
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Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73.
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27 September 2011, 19:41
butchlambertDoug,
They are fighting an internet problem as we speak. Try 1-972-875-5318.
Butch
02 October 2011, 05:00
SR4759If you are using a hard thick jacketed bullet using something thinner such as the bullets made for the .375 Win.
You might not believe this but the large majority of barrels on the planet are oversize and shoot well. Many of the European military rifles were designed with .002 to .003 clearance and the lands were expected to displace enough metal to bump the bullet up to fit the grooves.
Oh yeah my Marlin .375 Win has a groove diameter that is .3775 opening to .3778 at the muzzle.
03 October 2011, 00:45
D HumbargerInteresting. Thanks I'll have to try that.
Doug Humbarger
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Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73.
Yankee Station
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24 October 2011, 00:27
bobhanson1Have you tried the 260gr. Accubonds? They seem to outshoot every load I have had as my go to loads for .375s, including 2 375jdj's...
26 October 2011, 01:34
D HumbargerBob I do have some 260 ABs but havn't tried them yet. Based on your experiences I'll give them a try. What powder & load do you use with the 260s?
Doug Humbarger
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08 January 2019, 02:36
44magLeoI always use a pure lead slug for slugging a bore. Easier to push through.
I think they will give a better reading than a hard cast slug.
The harder the slug the more it will spring back to a larger diameter.
Leo
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09 January 2019, 01:21
dpcdThat is one reason I do not use Shilen barrels; I have had problems with them walking shots.
What action is it built on; maybe it is bedding.
I only use Douglas barrels. They work.
19 January 2019, 16:17
Saeedquote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
That is one reason I do not use Shilen barrels; I have had problems with them walking shots.
What action is it built on; maybe it is bedding.
I only use Douglas barrels. They work.
One of my 375/404 rifles has a Shilen barrel - the other has a Lilja barrel.
They both shoot extrembly we’ll - they still shoot touching 3 shots at 100 yards.
I have experimented with different size bullets in these 375/404.
As we make our own lathe turned bullets, we can control the diameter to any size we wish.
I cannot remember finding any appreciable difference - 100 yards - in bullets diameter that varied up to plus or minus 0.003.
Nor could we notice any excessive pressure signs in the loads we use for hunting.
I actually make my own hunting bullets for these two rifles slightly undersized.
We had a Blaser R93 in 375H&H that had a very small bore size!
Was blowing primers on starting loads with our Walterhog bullets.
It started shooting well with bullets - I think - which were down to 0.372.
I tried 0.277 bullets in a 7x64 rifle, and they shot reasonably well - as accurate as some factory ammo in 7x64???!!
That is a difference of 0.007”.
09 March 2021, 17:45
RPSnell0.0001 inches is one ten thousands of and inch.
19 March 2021, 20:19
SaeedIn my experience, shooting 3 different rifles in 308 Winchester, plus or minus 0.002 in bullet diameter had no effect on accuracy.
The bullets I made myself on our CNC lathe.
I was told once that the Ruger New Model Single Six Convertible barrel was bored for the 22 WMR, and that was the reason why 22 RF was less than accurate. I dunno.
TomP
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HOLD ON!!! .0001 is NOT one thousandth. .0001 is the tolerance for match grade barrels; they can't vary more than that for the length the bore.
Whatever your problem is, that ain't it. I don't use those barrels any more but not for that reason.
Anyway, uniformity is far more important than exact size.
I must not have read the OP before. I often answer questions without reading them first.
07 April 2021, 01:38
setters5Sheesh! His post was from 2011.