Throat burned out or not???

[xsn10s]

Call Weatherby, they might rebarrel it. You could ask if they'll use a barrel of your choice.

 

[cape cove]

and rebarrel to what cartridge?
AIRBORNE[/QUOTE]

7mm Wea is a great cartridge. One of the best 7mm mags.

 

[MudRunner2005]

Call Weatherby, they might rebarrel it. You could ask if they'll use a barrel of your choice.

Best of luck to you...Seriously. Unless you're willing to pay them to do it. They wouldn't do squat about my factory defective .257 Wby Accumark barrel, that was well within their factory warranty parameters to replace for free. They told me not to even ship it to them to have it looked at, even though I had already had it scoped by a competent gunsmith and knew the issues.

If they do actually fix your's, then you have better luck than I do.

 

[MudRunner2005]

and rebarrel to what cartridge?
AIRBORNE

7mm Wea is a great cartridge. One of the best 7mm mags.[/QUOTE]
7mm Wby is a great cartridge. You could always go back with that, or the other option is the 7mm RemMag, which is the ballistic equal, and will still work perfectly in your factory magazine box.

 

[WildRose]

.. wbys idea of hellaciously long freebore = less spike pressure. which basically momentum through that swaging transistion. may allow for more velocity . if any increased velocity. it is only a byproduct of them choosing to make a safer , less pressure building rifle.

keep in mind OP says 3" groups also , which likely can be tightened up , how far dont know .. so maybe crown, maybe light contour. maybe loading technique, maybe scope or bedding .. all should be considered before calling it quits .. everything you try is gonna take another batch making that throat even longer but, how much components equal the price new barrel and install ..

I think the straighter you start a bullet the more accurate it can be
. so I think if you can have the brass holding back of bullet in axis line until the straight swage is established, then sealing of the bullet to the barrel . do you think any (even if slight ) gas blow by can happen before the bullet seals completely . is that going to increase erosion??

No, the higher the pressure the higher the heat and the faster the erosion occurs.

Erosion is the end product of heat and pressure. Reduce either and you reduce both and in doing so you you increase throat life which is why I finally after about 3 decades of hot rodding everything to the max started backing off. Hot Rodding gets expensive.

 

[WildRose]

I never said to blindly seat into the lands. The OP said he can't seat to lands, because of the freebore. I was trying to get him to seat appox. a caliber into the NECK and and then adjust SEATING DEPTH in .010" increments. Because he doesn't have a comparator, I suggested he use the OAL. I also warned him not to seat deeper than the bearing surface/ogive junction. Please, if you're gonna quote me, read my post.

I did, an starting out at the long end instead of working up to it can result in blindly loading into the lands which is why I mentioned it. The close we get to the lands the more rapidly we can have dangerous pressure spikes.

IT's easier to find the lands as I suggested and work backwards from there and creates a much greater margin of safety for the novice reloader.

 

[WildRose]

I'd start .030 off lands and work in. Most 7s in my safe are not jump sensitive.

That normally depends on the bullet. VLD's tend to be very sensitive to seating dept where bullets with a tangent ogive tend to be far less sensitive because they ease into the lands rather than jamming into them.

Not only do the wby's have a long throat, they also have a long gently sloping ride into the lands making that transition even smoother but it can cause issues with VLD's.

 

[WildRose]

I think the STW is to long for my mag. Max in my mag is 3.368 and that is touching on both ends. Recoil makes the tips flat.
Went to range yesterday and got lucky. Started out with first group at 3.51". With 3 min between shots I found the 150 Rem Cor-loc would group at 1.70" at 3115 fps. Coal was 3.303. That is the best group to date but still pretty sorry!
Will continue working on coal but still thinking about new barrel maybe in 7mm/300 win mag.
AIRBORNE

Opening up the mag length is one of the easier things you can do when upgrading.

 

[WildRose]

You cannot rechamber to STW. The Wby has less body taper and it will not clean up. Tried it and ruined a barrel. Please try what I asked you to try before giving up on the rifle. That OAL is too long. Stick with factory length or close to it if you want to play with OAL.

That shouldn't be a problem at all if he has enough shank to set it back a few turns. At worst you end up fireforming.

 

[WildRose]

Ok Orange. I am game and desperately in need of this darn thing to shoot, so will give it a try.
I truly thank everyone for the information and encouragement. I don't have the luxury of several rifles in my safe to fall back on if this don't shoot good and to date it has not.

AIRBORNE

Have you had a gunsmith check the bedding and floating along with the torque of the trigger guard screws?

An action that is in a bind can throw bullets all over and drive you insane.

A barrel that is not fully free floated can do something completely different with each shot.

Without looking back I have to ask also if you've tried swapping scopes to ensure your biggest problem isn't a busted scope?

 

[WildRose]

Good advise and I thank you. To date have not found anyone willing to rebarrel it! If that is what I decide to do and rebarrel to what cartridge?
AIRBORNE

Talk to any of the premium barrel mfg's like Benchmark. Most of them will true your action and install a barrel in house.

 

[DUSTY NOGGIN]

There are other videos on youtube about DIY re-crowning , but i would seriously stay way from any that do not use a pilot , because it sounds like you need to repair yours not polish it


heres a link , for tools about 80 bucks free shipping over 49 bucks - about the same as a gunsmith would charge to do it and you getta keep the tools , or sell em .. if i had some id borrow em to you

https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-...ts/12-flute-muzzle-chamfer-set-prod41627.aspx

 

[DUSTY NOGGIN]

if you re-barrel, i would start a new thread asking opinions on cartridge, with your mag length bolt face , caliber of choice and approximate weight of bullets you want to go with, there are pros and cons for every one of them, im sure you will find one that shines

 

[Rich Coyle]

Good advise and I thank you. To date have not found anyone willing to rebarrel it! If that is what I decide to do and rebarrel to what cartridge?
AIRBORNE

Give Sean a call. He loves Weatherbys.
541 297 6500

He's done lots of good work for me.

I suppose if there was a problem, he would solve it.