Customer Service is well into the negative side of the scale.
Got the barrel...it appears they test fired it.
You can see the machine marks in the brass through the zip lok.
This picture/post I'm sure will void any warranty I might have had after the phone incident. But I thought it doesn't actually do anything, no real harm done.
Drilled and tapped the case that had my jag still inside. The cut the case off. Lubed it good and ran it through the die a couple times in am attempt is get it as small as possible (that didn't help, but I tried). Coated the case with JB bore paste, which came with the barrel.
Chucked up the case with plenty of JB...ran the drill slow enough you could easily read the head stamp as it went by. I did that twice.
My original brass still no go, but the Gunwerks drops in just like the Nosler case they sent!
Sooooooooo.....I have 35 cases to play with while I wait on a small base die.
Tomorrow I will reassemble everything and see what happens once the bolt closes. If that's good, then I will load up the brass I have for a range Trip on Sunday...I have two other rifles that need some loads tested so I will get a bunch of trigger time Sunday.
I will post up again tomorrow with the results with the barrel mounted to the action.
Oh...one last thing...from the picture of their "our test round" they need to spring for a new reamer.
IMO - If I was cutting chambers on customers barrels, you can bet I wouldn't let a chamber like that out of my shop. That fine for a factory barrel, but not custom work!
Like your chamber polisher! Nice...
CaptnC, I have a Lyman borescope that has live view as well as the ability to capture images of the bore/chamber/crown. You are more than welcome to borrow it for this project. PM me if you'd like to use it.
Congratulations CaptnC!
Share some target pictures and pictures of post polished chamber fired brass, if you don't mind.
Very interested in how well the chamber polished up.
I have a pre-range indication that it needs more work!
As I have been preparing cases to be loaded, I have chambered each one. There are a few I can feel the brass when I close the bolt. Those cases still extract fine but there is marks on the case.
......would have solved your marks issue then new brass would fix the rest.
You need to go back read my posts!
I said I had three pieces of once fired brass from Gunwerks Lapua ammo, fired from a Gunwerks rifle that will not fit the chamber after full length sizing. Yes, I know it was fired in another chamber, but no way in hell that brass grew that much in one firing in their chamber!
The clown who cut my chamber used a wore out reamer and the chamber of my barrel is way too small!