5.7 MAN
04-30-2012, 07:12 PM
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I picked up a Pedersoli sharps in a trade awhile back and I have just started shooting it. It has a 34" octagon to round barrel and left the factory as a 50-70. The previous owner reamed the chamber to 50-90. the chamber is very tight up by the throat and it is very difficult to get a round to go all the way into the chamber. I have used bullets as cast and sized to .512, none will fit without running them back into the full length sizing die with the decapping pin removed after being loaded. I imagine that this is not coducive to accuracy. It's not, I cannot get it to group better that 6-8 " at 200yds.
There is a visible narrowing/ridge in the chamber near the throat and I believe that whoever reamed the chamber did not quite finish the job.
I am thinking about renting a reamer and trying to correct this issue, having never done this: Is reaming a chamber as simple as it appears to be?
I would like to try the reamer first and then will consider rebarreling as a next step, however I would have a gunsmith perform that task.
Thanks, Dan
I picked up a Pedersoli sharps in a trade awhile back and I have just started shooting it. It has a 34" octagon to round barrel and left the factory as a 50-70. The previous owner reamed the chamber to 50-90. the chamber is very tight up by the throat and it is very difficult to get a round to go all the way into the chamber. I have used bullets as cast and sized to .512, none will fit without running them back into the full length sizing die with the decapping pin removed after being loaded. I imagine that this is not coducive to accuracy. It's not, I cannot get it to group better that 6-8 " at 200yds.
There is a visible narrowing/ridge in the chamber near the throat and I believe that whoever reamed the chamber did not quite finish the job.
I am thinking about renting a reamer and trying to correct this issue, having never done this: Is reaming a chamber as simple as it appears to be?
I would like to try the reamer first and then will consider rebarreling as a next step, however I would have a gunsmith perform that task.
Thanks, Dan