drgoose Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 So I got my rented reamer from 4D rentals (extraordinarily good customer service) and I put on my Adams and Bennet 6.5x55 barrel on my nice K 98 action. Mount the action on an action holding fixture, mount the reamer on a socket extension and using some of brownells cutting oil I got down to reaming the chamber. Reamed a little, cleaned, checked with go gauge and repeat until it was about to close and then it hit me, I was putting the bolt in with the EXTRACTOR. Needles to say I took off the extractor and the bolt slammed on the go gauge and on the NO go gauge so now I have to find someone with a lathe that can shave off I guess aprox 0.010 off the barrel. So after feeling majorly stupid I got to the swedish mauser that I am working on and took of the original barrel and replaced it with another Adams and Bennet 6.5x55 and this time reamed it without the extractor. I took it to the range and it functioned well, no markings on the case, no difficulty ejecting the cases so I gues I JUST REAMED MY FIRST BARRELL. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tackleberry Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 checking it with the extractor in place will work as long as you engage the extractor onto the headspace gage. I also cut one too deep once when i got over vigorous right near the end, and I do not have a lathe, so yep, had to use another barrel. I was able to sell the other one on Ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 I think that's a common error made by many of us. You'll have to have the shoulder set back the same as the amount you remove from the breech end. Any competent gunsmith or machinist can do the job in minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfer Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Yes, you are not alone here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Yes, you are not alone here. Me to!! My very first one in the early 70's. I wound up buying another barrel and giving the bad barrel and a few bucks to a friend that properly installed and reamed the new barrel. The project went bad as I used a 1950's Spanish receiver and the headspace took a nose dive after a few hundred rds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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