bamadawg2009
Well-Known Member
Well I finally got my 300WSM from the gunsmith Saturday after he told me it would be Monday, and he was still in the process of finishing it when I called him. So I went to pick it up and Im going to start with a list of things that is wrong with it.
Im going to take the rifle back and get him to fix all of these problems.
1) On the outside it is a great looking rifle 26.5" #5 shilen match barrel ceracoated black with a mini magnum muscle break from Jim at Center Shot Rifles, but when you look closer there is places that you can tell where rubbed against something while the ceracote was still wet and tried to fix, one of the rings is still showing a hint of silver under the ceracote, in one place the ceracote has a texture that looks like orange peel in it.
2) I dont know how he reamed the chamber but I know that I bought a brand new clymer reamer for this job. The fireformed brass looks like the chamber was reamed with a stop sign it comes out with chatter marks from the chamber all the way around the case.
3) After shooting even with factory loads to get it on paper it is showing signs of pressure i.e. Flattened primers and extremely hard to open bolt as in just before having to take a mallet to the handle. It almost looks like the neck was cut to short the burn marks on the case neck dont go all the way to the top of the shoulder like most do.
4) After getting it home I put the scope on the rifle and getting it just perfect, the bolt handle wouldnt clear the eyepiece bell to open so I had to file some of the bolt handle to get clearance and work the bolt so of course now there is a big bald spot on my bolt handle from filing of the ceracote. The bolt handle is also not the way I wanted it I told him to cut the original mauser handle off and just reshape it to fit but he put a aftermarket handle on it and welded it on to high for the scope clearance and this is even using high rings and mounts.
Now for the little things
5) I made sure to ask him if he was going to put on swivel studs and guess what no studs.
6) I used a boyds Pepper Laminate Stock and he would finish bed and clear it, well there is black bedding all around the top of the stock around the receiver and rough spots in the tru oil finish. Stock looks good until you put it in your hands and start to feel over it.
7) This gun was built as a repeater but it sits as a single shot for now. I guess it could be using a mauser action for a short magnum case but the bolt face doesnt catch the case rim before the cartridge just totally shoots out the side of the action.
8) While where talking bout the bolt face, I told him to true the action before he started the build, he did but he said the cases wouldnt fit into the bolt face so he put it back in the lathe and opened it up some more but this almost looks like it was done by hand with a dremel to open up the last little bit. I took a case today and there are space around the case head that have spaces between the bolt head and case head will wobble instead of sitting tight.
I went out and shot it this morning and was not impressed with accuracy at all. Im shooting 190gr bergers with H4895 and after 2 groups put it up and will take it back tomorow.
I bought all the parts for this build myself so I know what went into it, I gave the smith $400 for the work. Im taking the gun back to him and see what he says he can do to it, if something doesnt change Im taking it to my gunsmith that built my 280 that is the most accurate gun I own or have ever shot. This is what I wanted to do in the first place but he was sick when I began this build and said it was going to be 6-8 months before he started building again.
I want some suggestion on what i can get him to do to fix any of these problems sorry it is such a long thread but Im just very irritated at the way this build turned out for the money I have in it.
Im going to take the rifle back and get him to fix all of these problems.
1) On the outside it is a great looking rifle 26.5" #5 shilen match barrel ceracoated black with a mini magnum muscle break from Jim at Center Shot Rifles, but when you look closer there is places that you can tell where rubbed against something while the ceracote was still wet and tried to fix, one of the rings is still showing a hint of silver under the ceracote, in one place the ceracote has a texture that looks like orange peel in it.
2) I dont know how he reamed the chamber but I know that I bought a brand new clymer reamer for this job. The fireformed brass looks like the chamber was reamed with a stop sign it comes out with chatter marks from the chamber all the way around the case.
3) After shooting even with factory loads to get it on paper it is showing signs of pressure i.e. Flattened primers and extremely hard to open bolt as in just before having to take a mallet to the handle. It almost looks like the neck was cut to short the burn marks on the case neck dont go all the way to the top of the shoulder like most do.
4) After getting it home I put the scope on the rifle and getting it just perfect, the bolt handle wouldnt clear the eyepiece bell to open so I had to file some of the bolt handle to get clearance and work the bolt so of course now there is a big bald spot on my bolt handle from filing of the ceracote. The bolt handle is also not the way I wanted it I told him to cut the original mauser handle off and just reshape it to fit but he put a aftermarket handle on it and welded it on to high for the scope clearance and this is even using high rings and mounts.
Now for the little things
5) I made sure to ask him if he was going to put on swivel studs and guess what no studs.
6) I used a boyds Pepper Laminate Stock and he would finish bed and clear it, well there is black bedding all around the top of the stock around the receiver and rough spots in the tru oil finish. Stock looks good until you put it in your hands and start to feel over it.
7) This gun was built as a repeater but it sits as a single shot for now. I guess it could be using a mauser action for a short magnum case but the bolt face doesnt catch the case rim before the cartridge just totally shoots out the side of the action.
8) While where talking bout the bolt face, I told him to true the action before he started the build, he did but he said the cases wouldnt fit into the bolt face so he put it back in the lathe and opened it up some more but this almost looks like it was done by hand with a dremel to open up the last little bit. I took a case today and there are space around the case head that have spaces between the bolt head and case head will wobble instead of sitting tight.
I went out and shot it this morning and was not impressed with accuracy at all. Im shooting 190gr bergers with H4895 and after 2 groups put it up and will take it back tomorow.
I bought all the parts for this build myself so I know what went into it, I gave the smith $400 for the work. Im taking the gun back to him and see what he says he can do to it, if something doesnt change Im taking it to my gunsmith that built my 280 that is the most accurate gun I own or have ever shot. This is what I wanted to do in the first place but he was sick when I began this build and said it was going to be 6-8 months before he started building again.
I want some suggestion on what i can get him to do to fix any of these problems sorry it is such a long thread but Im just very irritated at the way this build turned out for the money I have in it.
