This thread is going to wind up causing several of us to go spend a bunch of money on rimfire goodies. Wait a minute, that may have already happened.…
I am broke as I type bc of it!This thread is going to wind up causing several of us to go spend a bunch of money on rimfire goodies. Wait a minute, that may have already happened.…
I'm not a gunsmith and I have never reamed a rifle chamber, But I'm a Toolmaker that has reamed plenty of critical tolerance holes. A reamer needs to cut. If it isn't doing so, it can cause an oversized hole. I assume the chamber is roughed out prior to a finish reamer? The drill size or a roughing reamer is critical, too much or too little stock left or the reamer to cut can impact size. Hitting the bottom of the chamber could impact size. The flow or lack of coolant can impact size. Runout in the machine set-up can impact size.30+ posts in....and Mike makes an obvious observation....reamers don't wear "bigger". Through this entire thread, it has been accepted that reamers wear and cause sloppy, oversized chambers. But Mike is correct....the reamer wouldn't get bigger...it would get smaller...making a tighter chamber.
Now what??
You might want to give the chamber a good cleaning. I've got an old single shot marlin that every round was getting seriously stuck in. Apparently if you shoot a bunch of shorts in one, it can build up a lead/carbon/gunk ring that will stick longer rounds when fired.Hmm I have an ancient single shot Remington I think I may have to test some ammo with. All I know is modern ammo seems to get stuck in the chamber after firing quite often. It might have some use after all. It was my dad's gun, and both my brother and I learned to hunt using it. One shot, one kill.
Been done, several times over.You might want to give the chamber a good cleaning. I've got an old single shot marlin that every round was getting seriously stuck in. Apparently if you shoot a bunch of shorts in one, it can build up a lead/carbon/gunk ring that will stick longer rounds when fired.
I've pretty much given up on it. Only thing I use for now is shooting rat shot at boring bees...
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Does it do it with different ammo? I had a S&W 617 that Winchester ammo would get stuck in. Nothing wrong with the gun and CCI would pop out just the way they are supposed to.Hmm I have an ancient single shot Remington I think I may have to test some ammo with. All I know is modern ammo seems to get stuck in the chamber after firing quite often. It might have some use after all. It was my dad's gun, and both my brother and I learned to hunt using it. One shot, one kill.
I can't really say. Personally I haven't shot the gun in 47 years. One of my grandkids was shooting it last year, and the brass kept getting stuck. But I may just investigate some match ammo in it. May give @MUP something to worry about at the next rimfire match.Does it do it with different ammo? I had a S&W 617 that Winchester ammo would get stuck in. Nothing wrong with the gun and CCI would pop out just the way they are supposed to.
That's why we shot tuners on our competition custom 22 riflesDo you think this comes down to barrel harmonics? I know some rifles shoot better with different ammo. Would that be chamber difference? Harmonics? Something else? A combination?