Big Al Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Heres one from last week, nothing flashy about this one, about as understated as a Stealth Bomber Tikka T3, Bergara 9 twist 24" barrel chambered in 22BR. Standard Tikka Varmint stock and a Tier One rail Metalwork finished in armour black Cerakote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swagger Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 And very nice it is too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bully Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 I was thinking of reaming a new tikka 22-250 any reason why it wouldn't work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 I was thinking of reaming a new tikka 22-250 any reason why it wouldn't work? Do you mean re-chambering a new factory 22-250 into 22BR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bully Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Do you mean re-chambering a new factory 22-250 into 22BR? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Yes. I think you will struggle to find someone to do this work. Few people will risk their expensive reamers in factory barrels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srvet Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Does the 22br feed from the magazine ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeman Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 I think you will struggle to find someone to do this work. Few people will risk their expensive reamers in factory barrels. Al.. Please excuse my nativity on this but, does your comment suggest the reamer risk is therefore reduced if reaming a custom barrel, as opposed to reaming a factory tube? If so, how? - not a machinist here Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Does the 22br feed from the magazine ok? Ive not had any trouble with Tikka T3 and 590/595 mags and AI ones, can comment on anything else at this stage as Ive not built any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 The steel in factory barrels can be hard and not as free cutting as most quality custom barrels. You only need to damage or blunt a reamer and your in a money losing scenario if you were to take on re-chambering a factory barrel. My own personal reason for not doing it (as well as the above) is that I cannot vouch for the barrel, if the finished rifle doesn't shoot well then my work could be called into question, not a situation I want. If I fit a new custom barrel I will guarantee it shoots to a standard that the style of rifle and caliber would be expected to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bully Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 I think you will struggle to find someone to do this work. Few people will risk their expensive reamers in factory barrels. Thanks.i struggled to even find a smith with a reamer. but I did and he's done one for me, a custom. But I'd like a slow twist now. He did agree to re-ream a tikka for me. He's just a bit busy right now. I just really wanted to double check it could be done, he's old and sometimes the question doesn't fully get answered. But I do understand what your saying about damaging a reamer, iv heard it before. But also seen a few guys talking about re-ream factory barrels. I guess some do it, some don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 Thanks.i struggled to even find a smith with a reamer. but I did and he's done one for me, a custom. But I'd like a slow twist now. He did agree to re-ream a tikka for me. He's just a bit busy right now. I just really wanted to double check it could be done, he's old and sometimes the question doesn't fully get answered. But I do understand what your saying about damaging a reamer, iv heard it before. But also seen a few guys talking about re-ream factory barrels. I guess some do it, some don't. Yes it can be done for sure Bully but there is actually a little more work involved than it would be fitting a new profiled custom barrel. Your man will need to cut off the tenon threads or at least part of them as the 22BR case is shorter than the 22-250, he could then run into issues holding whats left of the barrel, all in all a real ball ache of a job so if he appears to be too busy it would make sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeman Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 The steel in factory barrels can be hard and not as free cutting as most quality custom barrels. You only need to damage or blunt a reamer and your in a money losing scenario if you were to take on re-chambering a factory barrel. My own personal reason for not doing it (as well as the above) is that I cannot vouch for the barrel, if the finished rifle doesn't shoot well then my work could be called into question, not a situation I want. If I fit a new custom barrel I will guarantee it shoots to a standard that the style of rifle and caliber would be expected to. Al Thanks for that - makes sense ATB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-NZ Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 My (very experienced) gunsmith plain refuses to ream out existing chambers on T3s/Sakos (same thing). They're as hard as the hobs of hell and will knacker a reamer in short order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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