Reaming a chamber?

[andym79]

Hi guys, just a quick question can you ream a chamber with just a finishing reamer or is a roughing reamer absolutely necessary?

[M-Tecs]

The roughing reamer is to save wear on the finish reamer. Some use drills, some step bore and some just use the finish reamer.

[JSnover]

It depends on how much material you need to remove. Save your finish reamer till the end of the job.

[rockrat]

If only a few chambers, a finish reamer is fine

[John Taylor]

Depending on the chamber, I sometimes use a drill bit to take out most of the metal.