Re: Do you try to kiss the lands,
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:32 am
Allen: Yep, it's amazing a barrel can shoot so well with the throat looking like a dry lakebed in August under magnification, but they do.
As for using .060" throat erosion for benchmark for barrel setback, not necessarily so. If that rifle still shoots the way it does now, I'll wait until I see a demonstratable degrading of accuracy, then set it back. But many barrels have shown me that they'd like a new throat by then, but not always. My Sako 204 is running around 5,500 rounds down the tube with banzi rat field loads and still shoots in the .3's. That tells me that Swedish steel is good stuff.
As Remington uses a barrel thread shank with 16V TPI, one thread of setback gains you a full .160", so when you run your reamer in, you've got a completely new throat (depending on actual erosion damage), two threads almost guarantees it at almost a full .120" of new barrel throat to work with.
Gettin' ready for my obsession for Spring Rat Season here too (can't wait!). All my usual suspects have 600+ rnds each packed into .50 cal ammo cans, some more. But now working on a new CZ 527 in 221FB for another walkabout rifle. Got it scoped, one of Brad's bolt handles, working on 200 pcs of brass to start load development after the holidays. I'll post her up when she's ready for prime-time.
As for using .060" throat erosion for benchmark for barrel setback, not necessarily so. If that rifle still shoots the way it does now, I'll wait until I see a demonstratable degrading of accuracy, then set it back. But many barrels have shown me that they'd like a new throat by then, but not always. My Sako 204 is running around 5,500 rounds down the tube with banzi rat field loads and still shoots in the .3's. That tells me that Swedish steel is good stuff.
As Remington uses a barrel thread shank with 16V TPI, one thread of setback gains you a full .160", so when you run your reamer in, you've got a completely new throat (depending on actual erosion damage), two threads almost guarantees it at almost a full .120" of new barrel throat to work with.
Gettin' ready for my obsession for Spring Rat Season here too (can't wait!). All my usual suspects have 600+ rnds each packed into .50 cal ammo cans, some more. But now working on a new CZ 527 in 221FB for another walkabout rifle. Got it scoped, one of Brad's bolt handles, working on 200 pcs of brass to start load development after the holidays. I'll post her up when she's ready for prime-time.