New problem to me. I started chambering a barrel in 405 Winchester and after the reamer was about 1/4 of the way in it started to chatter. I tried the old trick described in "Gunsmith Kinks" of filling the flutes with bees wax or in this case, thick machining lube wax, and increased the feed rate, it still chattered. I tried hand reaming, chatter again.
I'm wondering if the chamber has work hardened, but the reamer still seems to cut.
I'm considering making a lap and trying to lap the chamber round but I'm worried that even with a properly charged lap, I might leave some abrasive imbedded in the steel and ruin my brand new reamer when I go back in.
Never having had this problem before, I'm running out of ideas or at least good ideas. Any suggestions?