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  1. I have switched over to Grovtec swivels. They are U.S. made and very high quality. https://grovtec.com/ Bill Jacobs
  2. Douglas has become my go-to barrel supplier. I'll buy from someone else if the customer wants me to, but when left to my own devices, it's Douglas for me. I have never been disappointed. https://benchrest.com/douglas/html/pricing.html Bill Jacobs
  3. 222 Magnum is longer than 223 Remington (5.56 mm).
  4. Well, the answer is.................. Zek hit it pretty close. I took off the Winchester tenon and started reaming. Had to take an additional 1/8 inch to clear up the old chamber visually. I cut the new tenon, including the safety breech boss, and will thread tomorrow. I think I will be around .010 short with the chamber based on what I have measured off the GO gauge. I can deepen that amount by hand. Interesting exercise. I would not recommend this operation unless you have a really good bull barrel that you want to use and must have a 6mm Bill Jacobs
  5. Thanks! I am just trying to avoid cutting a chamber twice. I'll over-correct on the initial cut and hope that it is enough to clean things up. Basically, a miss would mean double work for me.
  6. Lest anyone think I am too lazy to try to determine this, my calipers, set on the shoulder of a fired .243 case, show me that I need to lose about 7/8 inches of that 243 chamber. That will remove all the threads from the Winchester barrel plus about 1/8 inch of cylinder. When I cut the new tenon, I'll have about 1/2 inch of cylinder left. I would still be interested in your experience, however. I would hate to go to the trouble if cutting, threading, and chambering and find that I'm leaving a line on the case where the old shoulder used to be.
  7. If any of you have made this conversion, how much barrel did you have to cut off to get the 6mm chamber to clean up the 243 shoulders? The barrel is a bull-barrel from a Winchester model 70, and it is going on a Yugo M48 Mauser action, so I have to lose all the tenon anyway. I still have roughly 1 1/4 inch of cylinder to cut a new tenon and threads and the boss for the safety breech. Bill Jacobs
  8. Too high for my blood. I'll sell a couple for that kind of money.
  9. Find somebody who will hydro dip it for you.
  10. Great post and super write up! Thanks!
  11. Nothing coming up for me either. Maybe the great hack got to them.
  12. BTT. I hope the rest of you guys are helping Tony out on this. Skip the Deli sandwich for lunch tomorrow, and send FC a bit of pocket change to help the cause! Bill Jacobs
  13. Well I, for one, am mighty glad to see you back on line. If you need financial help, say so. Bill Jacobs
  14. 25-06, 270, 30-06, 338-06, and 35 Whelen all use the same headspace gauges. Bill Jacobs
  15. You did well on those. I'm seeing Model 10's push $650 in the right places.
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