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Rechambering a burnt barrel

I think this was more popular/common 'back in the day' when barrels were harder to come by, and almost nobody - not even gunsmiths - had reliable access to borescopes. A 'shade tree' smith could rechamber an old barrel for someone a lot faster/cheaper than getting a new one in. The 'new' chamber/throat probably shot better than it did before being deemed 'shot out', so there was a lot of 'good as new!' B.S. propagated. Usually by the time the barrel stops shooting, there's been enough damage to the first *several* inches of the rifling that getting set up and indicated for a good, concentric chamber job would be challenging, at best.

Your PVA prefit experience

Sounds familiar. I started fire forming .223 Rem brass through my 223 AI barrel with hand loads of cheap FMJ bullets and was getting 2-3" @ 100 yds. This was VERY concerning!!! Then, I ran some Lapua and Norma match grade box ammo 223 Rem and groups went right down to 1/2" @100. Once I had enough fire formed brass, I started reloading with good quality Berger 80 gr and 85.5 gr bullets, and now the gun shoots 0.3 - 0.6 MOA, very consistently
Looks like a winner now!

AR receivers from the dearly departed Theis

Were the uppers also out spec ?


What about scott at liberty optics. Where he.


What about SouthWest ammo. They still sleeping fine after screwing all these people.

The NV guy that screwed everybody is dead I think j



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50% markup......tell me this guy doesn't work in the gun industry without telling me LOL
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Bergara B14R Heavy Ammo

My factory 18” prefers SK LR. Shoots the match very well but the LR is better. Seems the Bergara chambers prefer SK/Lapua type ammo in general

May be worth a try. My standard barrel put 29/30 rounds inside of 1 moa at 100 yards the other day with SKLR. 26 of those inside 3/4”

3 consecutive 10 shot groups.
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My buddy has the 18" and his loves the SK and Lapua long range stuff. It appears his likes the higher velocity stuff and my 20" likes the lower velocity of SK rifle match. I need to get my hands on some Center X and give it a try.

Rifle Scopes New for 2025, the Kahles K540i

Does the wide field of view help in locating targets?

We have all had it happen. You think you are lined up with the target. You set the rifle down. It appears to be looking that general direction, so you look through the scope, and, what the hell? Where is it? LOL.

I was thinking a wider field of view would help in that situation.


It absolutely can help. 🙂
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