Hi all. I am wanting to rebarrel a 300 win to a 300 H&H. But I am struggling to find someone with a reamer for this "obsolete" cartridge. I did some googling and found one gun butcher listing the reamer, but there is no way I would use him.

Does anyone happen to know of a gunsmith that has a 300 H&H reamer on hand? The way its going, I may have to buy one just for the project.

Alan Swan Gunsmithing has one-

Alan Swan

Doubt that can be done due to
the larger dia of the Win case.

Get a shell for each and take
a good look at 'em.

George

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Originally posted by georgeld:
Doubt that can be done due to
the larger dia of the Win case.

Get a shell for each and take
a good look at 'em.

George

300 H&H is the same case head as the 300 Win. Both belted magnums as per 375H&H case

But thats irrelevant since I need to rebarrel, not rechamber.

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Originally posted by Bakes:
Alan Swan Gunsmithing has one-

Alan Swan

Thanks. How are their barrels these days? They didnt have a good reputation back in the past. But I hear more people talking about them today, so maybe they've improved.

Can't say, I have a swan barrel on my .222 but haven't done a lot with it (that's this years project). I do know a very experienced hunter/shooter that has a few and gives them a good wrap.

Thanks. I will see what else I can find out about their current production quality. I need to replicate the original contour on the barrel, so Swan may be good people to do that.

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Bwana_500
one of us

posted 08 February 2020 15:51
Hi all. I am wanting to rebarrel a 300 win to a 300 H&H. But I am struggling to find someone with a reamer for this "obsolete" cartridge. I did some googling and found one gun butcher listing the reamer, but there is no way I would use him.

Does anyone happen to know of a gunsmith that has a 300 H&H reamer on hand? The way its going, I may have to buy one just for the project.

You could ask these guys -
https://www.truefliteriflebarrels.co.nz/
They ship to Australia although I don'tknow if you need import permits etc. Also, they don't list .300H&H as a chambering but you never know, they might be set up for it. Worth asking anyway.

Another possibility is Hugh Bradley -
https://www.gunmakersnz.com/functions
Good name for barrels although, again, you would need to enquire about your desired chambering and whether he ships to OZ.

I have 3 Tru Flite barrels and am very happy with them. I have a Bradley barrel coming in the next few weeks. Never tried one before so looking forward to shooting it.

Good luck.

Tony Small from Armidale made my .300H&H. I don’t know if he still has the reamer or not. He’s retired now.

It would be worth checking with TSE as they have quite a few chamber reamers and can supply a barrel to your specs.

Kudu Gunsmithing Melb did mine.

Thanks for the suggestions. I thought I heard somewhere that Kudu had given it away. But they are not too far from me, so I will follow it up.

I sent Sawn an email over the weekend. No answer yet.

Call Russ Lemaitre, 91401791986

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Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:
Call Russ Lemaitre, 91401791986

Unfortunately I dont think he has one. The gunsmith that normally does my work is good friends with Russ, and they normally share reamers.

Russ is having a shoulder replacement next month. He is trying to get enough work done to have enough income to live on for the 90 days before he can start swinging a spanner on a lathe again.

He said that gunsmiths were an unprotected class for disability compensation in Australia.

get hold of a loading manual that shows the dimensions of both cases (Lyman & Hornady......) and compare them.

As you need to rebarrel your consideration will be action length and feeding from the magazine.

I have a reamer but don't want to do the work.

straight to drawings.

https://saami.org/technical-in...ge-chamber-drawings/


https://saami.org/wp-content/u...-14-Posting-Copy.pdf

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Originally posted by twobobbwana:
get hold of a loading manual that shows the dimensions of both cases (Lyman & Hornady......) and compare them.

As you need to rebarrel your consideration will be action length and feeding from the magazine.


I have a reamer but don't want to do the work.

Hi mate. Yes, totally understand the implications for the mag & feeding. Very familiar with the case dimension. I realise the AOL on the H&H is longer than the 300 WM.

Would you be interested in loan or hire of the reamer for a professional gunsmith to chamber a barrel for me? Will PM if its a goer.

Bwana 500,
Jim Kent of Buffalo Gunsmithing in Toowoomba has a 300 H&H reamer, he did my Pre-64 and has made quite a few others too.
I'm sure he would be happy to do your work for you.
Let me know if you need a phone number or email for him.

DC