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Only the improved o8 case or one on the 284 case would clean up the chamber if it has major issues. I don't know if you could find a spare 284 magazine but if you could it would probably take care of any feeding issues with that case. The 243/308 magazine won't handle the 57mm case.

260 AI would be interesting, I have no idea about how smoothly it would feed.

Well.........poo.
I will certainly have to go with an AI case over a case that won't feed out of the mag because I have a bunch. Since I had two guns, I've been picking them up over the years at gun shows. They aren't cheap. Plus other possible parts.
Don't care for wildcats at all, but it would be much cheaper. Just need dies.
Somebody school me on Ackley rounds. Can I fire the std round in the gun? Don't you do that anyway to form the case? How does it headspace when fireforming? It would be my first wildcat. Hurt the resale too, but don't plan to sell it till I croak.
This is all making me want to send it to MidWest first to get a gunsmith fix if I can, and a voucher to help with cutrifle if I can't.
Von

IMO your usually better off selling the gun and starting all over. Buy yourself a M-88, savage 99 or BLR in another caliber such as the .257 Robts..A rebore or rebarrel combined with the needed action work usually costs more.

Listen to the Pro's not internet pundits like yours truly.

If you wanted an AI that would be cool but may require an action polish and feed ramp polish or slight change of ramp angle to feed with silky smoothness. Re-bore is about as much as a new barrel.

Dies are about 2-3x standard cost. If properly chambered factory loads will feed, fire and form just fine. In fact the slight drop in pressure during fire forming might be just the ticket for the above 95 grain factory rounds.

It would have to be a labor of love to pursue. If I found one in 257, 284 or 358 that would be the end of that project. The only problem is I couldn't in good conscious sell the problem BLR even at a pawn shop till fixed.

A straight rebore from Dan Pederson (cutrifle.com) costs $220. That's just reboring, with no fancier stuff such as setting the barrel back or rechambering to an improved round. He can also set the barrel back and clean up the original chamber, or rechamber for an improved round, but those cost a little more. But even setting the barrel back and rechambering to an improved round is only $320.

That is a lot less than most rebarrel jobs cost, especially considering the work involved in replacing sights, forend fitting, reblueing, etc. The bore will be cut-rifled and hand-lapped, the reason that I have used Dan's services more than once.

I am sure Ray didn't mean to knowingly sell a problematic gun with sticking extraction without full disclosure....

Rebarrel it or rebore. Sounds like you are a BLR guy, so no need to switch gears.... but a 358 Win blr is a nice option if the barrel is large enough for the rebore.

Allen

My experience mirrors Jeff O's. I have had no extractions problems with my .325 WSM BLR with max handloads. I did have a chamering problem one time with a case that didn't resize properly. This was with nickel brass!

Same same with my .358 BLR. I could run anything in it that I ran in my bolt .358.

That said as the brass gets older (used more) it can get hard the chamber, which was true in both my BLR's.

JB, damn your hide, now you got me thunkin' evil thoughts about how easy a .358 WSM wildcat would be, as a rebore of my .325...

I would love to dump the rifle for a decent price and buy another. But because of sticking someone else with the problems, and because they have gone way up in price, I'll have to continue the project. Maybe Browning will give me a voucher that will help after the MidWest report (assuming it needs a barrel).
Von

I am confused on the voucher idea. Are you assuming they will give you some voucher AND you keep the defective gun? I always assumed any compensation would be with the stipulation they take said problem gun out of circulation, you get a discount toward a replacement gun.. like it cost you a couple hundred for a new gun.

Allen

You are very possibly right. I didn't ask. I plan to ask tomorrow what happens to the gun and what the likely amount could be.
Unless it is a lot, I'm not going to lose the gun, and I doubt it is a lot on a 20 year old gun.
Von