Originally Posted by mathman
Originally Posted by bea175
I'm building a 308 and will have it finished today, I'm using the # 17 Shilen Contour SS Select Match barrel 1&10. I chambered it yesterday and still have it in the lathe. I will polish, bead blast and cut and crown today. I will post the results when finished. I love Shilen Barrels and will take them over any other brand.


What reamer did you use? SAAMI? M852? Palma?

The official SAAMI minimum chamber seems sloppy to me. Why have the throat be two full thousandths over bullet diameter?

Why is the neck so large? The largest loaded necks I've measured are .340" on some LC66 ball ammo. Everything else, including the thicker Lapua, Federal, and several LC match vintages have all been .338" or smaller.


Standard 308 PTG with bushing finished today

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A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.