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No big deal to load for a .35-303 wildcat. I bet you could neck size and seat with .35 Remington dies.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
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it wouldn't be for me.. but for someone that doesn't reload ???
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I have had Jess, Wayne, and Danny do rebore jobs for me. I believe Danny is retiring and just finishing up jobs in shop. Leave detailed message for Jess he will call back within 24 hours or so. Send barreled action and check in box will be rebored and back to you in about 2 weeks from day you shipped. Jess only dos reboring you could ask about other services. But reboring is his deal. Fastest and cheapest. I have had Wayne do rebore and bought one of his stocks and was very pleased with work. Wayne laps barrel after reboring. Jess and Wayne did very nice job of marking new caliber on barrel. Was very disappointed in Dannys marking style. Effective but looked like hell Took endmill cut flat where old Cal marking was stamped new number. It jumps right out at Ya. I should have asked specifically how he did it. His idea and my idea of what looked good two different ideas. All 3 smiths rebore jobs shot well. Wayne dos does not do 9.3 rebore. reboring a good way to go in some cases. You must be aware as you increase caliber diameter feeding can become an issue. in some guns everyone is a little different. try feeding new caliber before reboring to avoid surprise. it won't chamber. But you can tell what kind of feeding problems are coming. your way. All rifles I had done shot better than original caliber after reboring. Pitfalls. Caliber marking clean look? ASK, Feeding, rail ramp work? Machine marks in bore after machine work fowling? All of these things can be problem with any new barrel. and can be easily worked though. Positives. New bore on rifle, cut rifling, stock fit rifle just like it always has. be about half of new barrel cost. Possibly no cost of bluewing.
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should I just send it to him without confirmation ? would kinda like to speak to him
plab
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should I just send it to him without confirmation ? would kinda like to speak to him
plab If you have questions as to whether your rebore is doable, by all means speak to JES. On the other hand, and based on my experience, if it were a simple say, 30-06 to 338-06 or 308 to 358 rebore, I'd box up the barreled action and get it heading west.
I never thought I'd grow up to be a grumpy old man, but I did, and I'm killin' it.
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I've called him at least 20 times over the years. Every call was returned within 2 days. You do have to leave a CB number.
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I can't reach them I've left at least a dz messages with a call back number
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JES did my boat paddle 243 to 358. Fast turn around and it shoots great.
Yup.
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Jes called me yesterday , brought my rifle over to UPS, seams they have changed their policies and I gotta ship through a dealer .. so now I've got to have a copy of his FFL what a PIA dam country has gone to hell
plab
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Ship USPS Priority Mail tracked and insured. Works great with no BS.
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Ship USPS Priority Mail tracked and insured. Works great with no BS. This. No FFL required to ship through the USPS. Don't volunteer you're shipping a rifle in case a clueless idiot works your postal counter. It's not required and doesn't fall under hazardous material, etc. I abbreviate any part of the business name implying firearms when shipping to an FFL and signature required. If you insure for a value over $500, the USPS automatically requires a signature at delivery, so no need to purchase signature required service if you insure it for over $500. You can also separate the stock and barreled action to shorten the package length. Pack it like you expect gorilla handling.
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my rifle came back today from JES .. excellent work ,the bore is smooth like mirror . I would defiantly use Him again .. thanks all
plab
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Sent a Rem 660 that had previously been 'molested' by replacing the 20" bbl with a 22" bbl to JES yesterday. It'll be coming back as a 338 Federal. Once it's back I'll mill off the original caliber marking and engrave the mill cut with the new caliber as I have in the past. Contemplating whether to do some work on the muzzle end and make it compatible with a 338 capable suppressor.
I never thought I'd grow up to be a grumpy old man, but I did, and I'm killin' it.
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All of the above and amen
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