Eutectic
Active Member
Well my ol' buddy and I finally made a swap! I have dropped a hint a time or two about this trade.....
This gun started life as a Remington Model 788 in .30-30..... I convinced my old friend to send it to JES early last year.... It wasn't too hard as we played with a 94 .38-55 when we were kids. He told JES he would be using .375"-.376" jacketed bullets. I can't get him interested in cast??? JES kept everything snug and the throat short for the magazine length. It has match tolerances in the neck area!
The barrel is cut 5 lands and grooves. It measures .3665" bore and .376" groove. It twists one turn in 15". It is a smooth beautiful job. The Winchester brass he gave me is too tight to use a .379" sized cast. .378" sized chambered squeaky tight and one group of five went 3/4" at 70 yards! Good start!! I have Starline brass coming which is thinner necks and should be perfect ( but minimum) with .379" cast.
Let me play with it a while and I'll start another thread with my results!
Pete
This gun started life as a Remington Model 788 in .30-30..... I convinced my old friend to send it to JES early last year.... It wasn't too hard as we played with a 94 .38-55 when we were kids. He told JES he would be using .375"-.376" jacketed bullets. I can't get him interested in cast??? JES kept everything snug and the throat short for the magazine length. It has match tolerances in the neck area!
The barrel is cut 5 lands and grooves. It measures .3665" bore and .376" groove. It twists one turn in 15". It is a smooth beautiful job. The Winchester brass he gave me is too tight to use a .379" sized cast. .378" sized chambered squeaky tight and one group of five went 3/4" at 70 yards! Good start!! I have Starline brass coming which is thinner necks and should be perfect ( but minimum) with .379" cast.
Let me play with it a while and I'll start another thread with my results!
Pete