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Insert a lot of sarcasm when I wrote that.. I get it some folks not happy but every time someone asks about JES ol Ted is running to his computer and typing away saying the same thing. But this time he changed it up and said first shot. When I got my rebore done JEss told me to use 300 wsm, and that's all I use. Not [bleep] it what does he know, bang hey my primers are flat [bleep] it I'm going to crank it up little bang hey something wrong.. not saying justahunter did anything wrong, but let him give his opinion on what he thinks.

As far as the first shot story......it was indeed his first shot with factory ammo that blew the gun up

That fact alone was enough reason to convince me to not use JES

Happy holidays to you 79S

Oh ok next time lead off with after firing several handloads through the rifle with erratic pressures and velocities he finally tried factory ammo. On the first shot the rifle blew up...

I cannot understand why things went any further than this. Once you saw 3000 fps with 225s, things should have come to a screeeeeeeeching halt, right now if not sooner. Maybe the rebore job was not as it should have been, but the blown up rifle is ALL yours.

Exactly!

The .35 Whelen is capable of about 2700 fps shooting a 225 with typical barrel lengths and optimal powder choice. When you see 3000 fps, that's a big red flag and a dire warning. An extra 50 fps wouldn't scare me but I'd take a closer look at what I'm doing. An extra 300 fps would scare the hell out of me.

In my opinion, the thing to do would be to figure out where all this extra velocity was coming from, and the rifle should not have been fired again until that matter was settled satisfactorily. The blowup was preventable and it's my position that only he is responsible for that. I understand the frustration, but to go ahead and continue firing it when a known but unresolved issue exists is not excusable. I think I'd have had the rifle checked out by a competent gunsmith if I had been unable to figure it out on my own.

You guys are a funny lot.. the first hint of problems I had I did call him and was unpolitely told there was nothing wrong with my gun and that the problems I was having was with my reloads. No offer to return the rifle to inspect, no nothing other than I was told to shoot factory ammo and my problems would go away. I couldn’t find factory ammo. I had some success getting it to shoot with IMR 4895. I was getting max load pressure and velocity with loads that were 2 grains below minimum. Called him again. Had no less than 5 or 6 calls to him. He was very unwilling to even entertain the thought his work or tooling was faulty. I Was told not to call him unless factory ammo was doing it. Found the only box of factory ammo within 200 miles of me. I knew the factory ammo was going to blow my gun up. I done it to prove a point. I’m glad he is now inspecting other peoples rifles if they call him with a problem.

You’re welcome.

Todd

I had a rifle rebored by JES during this timeframe, that exhibited high pressures. It was a 7600 30-06 rebore to 35 Whelen with a 3 groove, 1:10 twist.

I blew a couple of primers, with handloads, and then again with factory loads. When I say blown primers, I mean blown completely out of the brass....found in the magazine of my 7600, and smoke boiling out the action. I called Jesse and explained the issues. He had me return the rifle to him.....I also sent him the cases, with the blown primers....and a few factory loads and reloads, in a separate shipment.

About 7-10 days later, the gun was back, along with a detailed explanation of the work done to fix it. Seems the throat was tight because of a worn throating tool. He recut it and then shot all the ammo I sent. He returned the cases, for my inspection. He also reloaded a few, with the same 310 grain woodleigh bullet, somewhat hotter than what I was shooting, and sent that brass also. All loads were chronegraphed, and he supplied that data too.

In my book, he stood by his work. Recognized there was a problem and made it right. And, went above and beyond what he had to do, to make sure all was correct and safe, when he was done.

No doubt "justahunter" had issues with his work, too. Quite possibly the same issue I had. But remember, there are 2 sides to each story....and we have only heard from him, and not Jesse.


I have no problem with him, and have recommended JES to friends. They have had work done since my experience, and the results have been stellar.


Andy3

I had JES rebore a 30-06 to 35 Whelen, about the time this thread kicked off. Mine had issues too, as it kept blowing primers on multiple loads. I contacted him and he had me send it back. I also shipped a few round of the loads I was using. He sent it back, with a note, and the empty cases for my inspection. He even shot some of his own reloads, and he chrono'd all the shots. He also provided the chronograph results. He had to re-throat the chamber and all was good, after that. The rifle has a 3 groove, 1:10" twist, and shoots everything I've tried, into an inch. Bottom line, it was messed up and he made it right. I wouldn't hesitate to use him again. Andy#3

Surprised that I never followed up on this thread...

After several phone calls back and forth with JES last year I sent my gun back to him. He mentioned that he had discovered his tooling was worn and that the throat needed to be recut. He also opened my bore up to the specified .354/.359.

I have not gotten around to retesting, that's for this spring.

Recoil Rob, That is pretty important information to forget and leave out. He Fixed the problem. I have had nothing but good to say about Jess also.

You'll have to excuse me, it was settled well after this thread went dormant.

JES did rectify the situation, but only after numerous denials that he did anything wrong, even when faced with multiple customer complaints. He kept insisting it was a load problem, only when pressed did he inspect his tooling and realize it was worn.

These are just the facts, I have nothing against JES, might use them again.