I've got the hots again to finish making up a sporter out of the old No. 4 I have that has a .317" trombone shaped bore. Needs a new barrel terribly badly, but at least I got it cheap initially. Need some advice, too. I have a .312" mold, but have many more std. .30 cals. It's my understanding that I can just get a std. .30 cal. expander ball, and use those, but what are the chambering reamers like? I don't want an overly large chamber neck, lest it work the brass harder than necessary. Does anyone have a .30/.303 chamber reamer?
And most military guns in this caliber have rather generous chambers, which also reduce brass life. Are tighter toleranced reamers available? I'm a bit of a prig when it comes to these things, because in my experience, they really do matter.
Anyone got suggestions for me? It's to become my version of an old British "sporting rifle" such as might have been used in the early to mid days of the African PH's. Scope mounting suggestions would be appreciated, too. It seems I really NEED a good scope these days, but it'll likely be a straight 4x, or maybe even a 3x if I can find one.
I've never done any work on one of these before, other than playing with the one I have a bit. The finish is rough, and I think I'll likely stipple some of it, just for practice, and out of curiosity about how it'd look. Anyone done this to one of these rifles?
Lot of questions, I know, and thanks for the patience in any answers you provide.