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.330 barrels and reboring a 270.
09 March 2015, 03:43
Big Wonderful Wyoming.330 barrels and reboring a 270.
I noticed the 318 Westley Richards and 333 Jefferies use a non .338 barrel.
Would a 318 Westely Richards or 338 Jeffereys rebore from a 270 clean up the chamber and leave room for a good headspace without setback
270 base to shoulder is longer than the 318 by .005, but the 318 is .005 bigger; so it is a definite, Maybe.
Another question is, is your barrel heavy enough to make a good 318; recoil will be more.
09 March 2015, 06:21
Big Wonderful WyomingSo this is what happens.
I see a neat sporter with sights and think? What could that be.
The rifles in question is a Kimber 89 BGR with sights and a Ruger Express both in 270.
I have not owned a 270 for about 8 years. The last one was a Steyr-Mannlicher Luxus with a full stock. I sold it to trade for something else. Not my smartest move, as it was a good shooter, but the gun had this wierd little problem of the bolt release being engaged every time I fired the gun, so you would work the bolt and it would come out in your hand.
Fine on a target, but it cost me a nice elk I missed on the first shot. Albeit bad shooting on my part would have helped a lot.
That is a bad thing.
What is the muzzle diameters of both rifles? Kimbers I have seen have very small ones and a .333 bore would be very light. Ruger Express would be nice.
09 March 2015, 08:39
Big Wonderful WyomingNot sure, they are gunbroker and cabelas.
I saw a Ruger express someone had Satterlee weld one his Mauser bolts on. Damn Enchanting!
You can always make it work; just make the chamber .005 longer if necessary to clean up, and form your brass to fit. After all, you will be shooting hand loads anyway. You do realize that you are stuck with bastard bullets. I would make it a 338/06 and call it a .318 in my head. Yes, easy to put a Classic Mauser bolt handle on a Ruger.
09 March 2015, 17:35
Big Wonderful WyomingI know that, I was worried about barrel diameter.
I haven't even looked at .330 bullets yet.
Had thought about doing a 338 wildcat on a 8x68 Schuler, then I realized that the Ruger Mark II is big enough to be a 338 Win or something else.
Had thought 350 Rigby originally but I think it is a 375 length case. That and the original loading was for 220-250 grain bullets not the wonderful 300 grain bullets of the 318/333 crowd.
I realize I am all over the place there.
09 March 2015, 19:44
craigsterquote:
Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming
I haven't even looked at .330 bullets yet.
Good luck with that...
Hawk makes .330s and .333s. Yes, you are all over the map, which, when planning projects, is part of the brain storming process. Pick out the viable parts later. Right now, it is ok to get all the ideas on paper.
09 March 2015, 22:37
Big Wonderful WyomingThanks Mate!
And thanks for your service. Not sure how many military retireds are on AR. I know of a couple other Navy ones other than myself.
Woodleigh makes bullets too.
I want 250-320 grain bullets and both are available in .338 from Woodleigh and Hawk. So why limit myself to .333 or .330?
Working it all out, thanks again for the information.
10 March 2015, 01:54
craigsterBy good luck, I meant finding and buying. Yeah, they're out there, but not inexpensive.
10 March 2015, 02:29
lee440Hornady makes .330, 200 grain spire points that are available from Graffs and are great deer bullets. Woodleigh makes 250 gr that are fairly well available from Graffs, Midway, and Huntingtons. I have never had any problems getting them, but I tend to stock up to be on the safe side. Dare to be different!
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11 March 2015, 01:16
jens poulsenquote:
Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:
I noticed the 318 Westley Richards and 333 Jefferies use a non .338 barrel.
Would a 318 Westely Richards or 338 Jeffereys rebore from a 270 clean up the chamber and leave room for a good headspace without setback
I have been where you have been. I decided however to go for the real McCoy for a London proofed .333 Metford rifled barrel. I haven´t looked back since.
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11 March 2015, 01:39
Big Wonderful WyomingThere are some M70 FN supergrades in 338 for sale for $1200. That might answer all the problems anyway.
19 September 2015, 01:15
Mannlicher7quote:
Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:
So this is what happens.
I see a neat sporter with sights and think? What could that be.
The rifles in question is a Kimber 89 BGR with sights and a Ruger Express both in 270.
I have not owned a 270 for about 8 years. The last one was a Steyr-Mannlicher Luxus with a full stock. I sold it to trade for something else. Not my smartest move, as it was a good shooter, but the gun had this wierd little problem of the bolt release being engaged every time I fired the gun, so you would work the bolt and it would come out in your hand.
Fine on a target, but it cost me a nice elk I missed on the first shot. Albeit bad shooting on my part would have helped a lot.
Really?....How is that since Steyr Mannlicher do not have a BOLT release? Not the older models nor the "new" SBS model...The only way to take the bolt out is to press the trigger the fartest back you can and then cycle the bolt pushing it all the way back while keeping the trigger strongly pressed....Then you will have the bolt on your hand. There is no other way.