I want to buy a .358 Norma finish chambering Reamer, and figured that some of you might not check the classified, but would look here. PM me if you have one that you want to part with.

Thanks.

Dave

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Originally posted by loud-n-boomer:
I want to buy a .358 Norma finish chambering Reamer, and figured that some of you might not check the classified, but would look here. PM me if you have one that you want to part with.

Thanks.

Dave

Why not rent the finish reamer and gauges?
http://www.4-dproducts.com/dis...wid=210&tname=rental

Or, consider this, which is why I no longer rent reamers.
You will pay at least $60 for the reamer rental; remember you have to pay shipping and insurance both ways. That is a sunk cost. If you just buy the reamer, they cost $140. So, you essentially bought one you can keep for $80. It will always be worth at least eighty bucks to someone else.

I'm with dpcd. The rental is a sunk cost. Once you send it back it's gone.

As far as buying used, there can be pitfalls there too. Not that anyone here would sell such a thing, but I once had a customer who bought a reamer on ebay. It was, of course, a "deal." Until I looked it over and it was so nicked up from rolling around on someone's bench with the crescent wrenches and scrap steel that it had to go back for a regrind... $75 plus postage. Deal gone!

Buy new, pay once, and keep it for the next job too. Or sell it for 80 bux.

Other side of the coin...bought a 350 Rem Mag reamer about 25 yrs ago....now THAT's a sunk cost

I would rather purchase since I am likely to use the reamer twice, but not at the same time.

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Originally posted by Duane Wiebe (CG&R):
Other side of the coin...bought a 350 Rem Mag reamer about 25 yrs ago....now THAT's a sunk cost

Mine was the 358 STA and somehow, I ended up with two of them. Then there's the 338/378 Weatherby. These are, by the way, available at bargain prices. Regards, Bill

Of course if you ever plan on using the reamer more than once, than it is a no brainer, cost/benefit ratio, wise.

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I finally got mad and sold all of my one off reamers (about 100 of them). Most had only been used once. Now if a customer wants a wildcat or a reamer I know I won't use again I make him pay for the reamer and if required the gauge. Then I give them to the customer after I'm done with them. In your case, I would simply buy a new reamer. The hassle of ordering it and shipping it back isn't worth the $80 you might save. You can always sell it for $80 on ebay if the money means that much to you.