How much should i pay to have a throat reamed longer

[stello1001]

Hey all,

I have a rifle with an insanely short throat. It's an FN SPR with a custom 308 barrel and chamber. Previous owner said he had built it specifically for 155s.

Regular factory ammo will not fit without jamming. Does anyone know what a ballpark figure would be to have it reamed out?

I'm debating if it's worth buying and spending on 155s and loading that.

Or... Spending on reaming out the throat and use up the bunch of factory ammo I already have and loading for it with components I already have.

 

[Jakeweb09]

I think Kinport peak rifles charged me 150 to do it to a 6.5 prc

 

[Evintos]

308 Winchester with short throat or 308 Palma (95 palma chamber)? If latter, you're probably looking at lengthening around 0.025" or more (if loading long) so 175smk (and equivalent class bullets) don't get jammed into the lands.

 

[Basher]

Oh man, that thread title…

 

[Ledzep]

Might be worth seeing what a reamer rental costs. You can keep the barrel on the action and get one of the extendo handles and ream it out yourself by hand without much hassle using a full chamber reamer that has the correct free bore.

 

[Ronws]

Hey all,

I have a rifle with an insanely short throat. It's an FN SPR with a custom 308 barrel and chamber. Previous owner said he had built it specifically for 155s.

Regular factory ammo will not fit without jamming. Does anyone know what a ballpark figure would be to have it reamed out?

I'm debating if it's worth buying and spending on 155s and loading that.

Or... Spending on reaming out the throat and use up the bunch of factory ammo I already have and loading for it with components I already have.

Ask VP Harris.

 

[stello1001]

Oh man, that thread title…

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Haha, it's totally a legit question. I'm just now seeing how you dirty bastards have a filthy mind.

I ended up buying a couple hundred 155s to try in this 308. I'll probably still look further down the road into having the throat worked on to accept factory ammo.

 

[JR1200W3]

You could just buy a throating reamer and do it by hand

 

[FuhQ]

Ask VP Harris.

Ask Willie Brown...

 

[FuhQ]

I wouldn't think more than $100-150...