short throat in a 243

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06 May 2016, 03:52

dwheels

short throat in a 243

A few years ago I re-barreled a Rem 700 to .243 Win. I had a whole bunch of short varmint bullets so I had the gunsmith cut the chamber with no free-bore. Now I am using more target bullets in the gun and they are of course longer. Is there a way to ream some free bore into the chamber so I can seat some longer target bullets out? I can't shoot the real long ones because I have a 1 : 10 twist. Thanks in advance.

06 May 2016, 06:15

Tailgunner

It's called a throating reamer.

06 May 2016, 08:02

dpcd

$55 from Brownells. Easy fix for you.

06 May 2016, 08:07

ramrod340

If you just want to rent for a one timer.
http://www.reamerrentals.com/P...sp?ProductCode=6%2Et

06 May 2016, 17:09

Jim Kobe

quote:
Originally posted by dwheels:
A few years ago I re-barreled a Rem 700 to .243 Win. I had a whole bunch of short varmint bullets so I had the gunsmith cut the chamber with no free-bore. Now I am using more target bullets in the gun and they are of course longer. Is there a way to ream some free bore into the chamber so I can seat some longer target bullets out? I can't shoot the real long ones because I have a 1 : 10 twist. Thanks in advance.

You should not have a problem with the longer bullets, the 10 twist should stabilize them. As for your throat problem, as was said before, they make reamers just for that purpose, I have a number of them.

Jim