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Posted by Barry (Member # 34) on February 04, 2003, 08:05 PM:
OK,I'm a sucker for a good deal. I've got a chance to buy a 300win short mag at a price I cant pass up.The only problem is I already own 2 30 caliber mags and 3 other 30cal.So with my that in mind I start to think about rebarreling a wildcat,so to speak.If I only have to buy the barrel and not custom dies that would help alot.If I neck down the 300wsm to say 6.5mm,if I buy Redding 7mm bushing dies and get the bushing size for 6.5mm will I have any problems.I realize I will probally have to step down incrimentally to 264 from 284 in at least 1 additional step.Is this feasable or am I missing something?
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on February 04, 2003, 08:22 PM:
Barry, I am having a little trouble following you. If the sole purpose of buying this rifle is because it's a bargain, and you are then faced with owning a total of six, thirty caliber rifles, then it seems to me that any one of them is a candidate for a new barrel, just to break the monotony? Correct?
Some of my best firearm plans have backfired when I found that what I bought was useful, in it's own right. You may wind up loving that short Mag.
Other than that, a used rifle, at a bargain makes a good platform for a custom gun, but the more successful conversions are probably with Remingtons.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on February 04, 2003, 08:25 PM:
What Leonard said.
As for the dies though, yes, that will work. A .270WSM Type S die would get you even closer than the 7mm. Wouldn't even worry about the incremental steps, that's not too much of a neck down (or up, if you start with .270WSM cases...).
- DAA
Posted by Barry (Member # 34) on February 04, 2003, 08:56 PM:
OK Leonard I see what your saying.I've got 5 30cal's.[30/30win lever action,308-bolt and semi,30-06,300win mag,300rum.A 30cal is a 30cal except with a diffrent amount of powder[charge].I was just thinking of the possibility of rechambering this action[win-m70]into something diffrent I dont own.I would prefer to make a custom rifle on a Rem action but at 250 for a win with less than a box of shells through it, what the heck.The velocity on the short mag is in line with the 300win-mag.Thats why I though of changing it.I can get a Douglas barrel for $75 here at the college and have it chambered for $20,since I went to school here.This would mean only $340 for a rifle with a new barrel and a new cal. for me.What I was considering was the total cost for this endevor everything included.I was concerned if I could get away without having dies made for this venture.Maybe just my mistake.
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