ok, i ordered a bbl vise from midway on tuesday eve, and it got here today. i cut a set of blocks to match the bbl dia, and guess what ?? it still would not go within .3 on the dia of matching the witness marks.
i chucked up the bbl in 4 jaw with a spyder on the muzzle end( thru the head stock), and dialed it in to less than 0.001. i then did a fine clean up cut and tried the reciever...still not go. so now its time to take some metal off. took three small cuts and was fianlly close enough to go back to the bbl vice and recvr wrench. cycled the two a couple of times and then hit it hard, and then a little harder....lol...its lined up.
the bolt cycled fine, but it will not close on a dummy round, so it is short chambered..just a bit.
its reamer time....
thanks
mike in co