persiandog;
Good evening to you sir, I hope the day behaved itself down in Boise for you and you're well.
Please be careful when Mule Deer suggests you try to feed some cartridge through a rifle action which you're contemplating building.
The last time he did that with me it was my "walking around rifle" which is a 98 Mauser marked action which was a .270 and John suggested I try to run 6.5x55's through it....
Well.....
That cost me a bunch of money with the gunsmith up the valley - since indeed they did feed and if anything better than the .270 it was chambered for.
You've been thusly warned sir, try feeding some of the desired rounds at the peril of your cheque book!
Anyways all kidding aside, as usual his suggestions are spot on.
I've done a .250AI on a Mauser 98 action and no, I wouldn't say that was the best windmill to tilt at, but yes it does now feed more or less acceptably and no I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else other than a lesson in personal patience building.
Good luck with the build, it sounds like a fun one.
Dwayne
