218 Bee rechamber?

[CWLONGSHOT]

Well, I took the 43 to the gunsmith today, turned out to be a waste of time. The guy started telling me the only good way to fix the chamber was to flute it. I never heard of such a thing, maybe y’all have. He says it’s done on service rifles all the time. Anyway that was to the tune of $1k! When I asked for a quote on re cutting to Mashburn Bee, he came back with $650 and I supply the reamer! So back to square one!

Thats obserd... "Gunsmith" huh. Yea, I agree find a new (OLDER ONE) Setting a barrel back to fix such a issue is a no brainer.
Sorry you got the village idiot of that class...

CW

 

[Michael]

It is not widely known, probably because it is not a tacticool site. Kinda like here, a decent group, polite, well mannered, heplful, clean language.

 

[Rat44]

Know what ya mean CW, but those older ones are getting few and far between...around here for sure!

 

[Rat44]

Sent you a pm Michael.

 

[Bret4207]

It is not widely known, probably because it is not a tacticool site. Kinda like here, a decent group, polite, well mannered, heplful, clean language.

Sounds like my kinda place! I think that site is where I was looking many years back when I had a line on a 25 Stevens RF, a Stevens "Marksman" maybe, and I was looking for a CF modification. I think there was a way to do it using reformed Hornet brass. Then there was the Remington 5mm RF's that were getting "centerfire-ized" that I had an interest too since I knew where there were 2 of them in real nice shape for cheap. Been many years though. Both my deals fell through too!

 

[richhodg66]

I recently signed up over there, haven't posted yet, but reading around, it looks like a good site.

 

[Boommeup]

I have a Ruger 223 Hawkeye that had a rough chamber (brand new rifle). You couldn’t get the cartridge to feed up out of the magazine without jamming. Back to the chamber itself, I took a fireformed case, drilled out the primer hole. And JB welded a small rod to it. Applied a thin layer of Flitz polishing compound and started spinning the rod. Don’t remember if I did this by hand or a drill. Little bit at a time, cleaned it right up. Never thought about the JB for the gouge, can’t see way a small amount wiped onto the case and spun in there wouldn’t work. Good luck…Happy Fathers Day Guys!

 

[Rat44]

You know Boom, I had kinda kicked that around in my head after Ric mentioned burnishing with a turned plug. Then I got to thinking since the brass is softer, is that where the polishing would take place? I‘m probably over thinking it.

 

[Bret4207]

It's worth a try. Cases are a lot less expensive than a custom cut "burnisher". Kinda penz on how deep the gouges are and how much metal they raised.

 

[RicinYakima]

Also consider that once you take the metal out of the ridges in the chamber, you can't put it back. So moving it back into the low spots should be first.

 

[Boommeup]

I wouldn’t hesitate it worth i shot! One piece of brass and a dab of Flitz. Pretty cheap fix! Can’t hurt!

 

[Rat44]

Update: I gave the chamber polishing a go yesterday, a fired case and some fine lapping compound. I think I did some good from what I can see with just a light. Looks like there still might be a rough spot on the shoulder. My tube of Flitz was too old and dry, so I gotta get more to slick it up before I test fire. Hopefully next week.

 

[fiver]

throw it in some tooth paste.

 

[Bret4207]

I've never used Flitz that I can recall, but try putting a little solvent in the tube, like WD 40 or PB Blaster, even ATF or a few drops of diesel.