I’ve hand reamed a few rifles. The first was a short chambered AR 308. Another was a Mauser 7x57 to 280 - that job was not pretty since I didn’t take into account that the neck on the 7x57 is larger in diameter that the 280. I cleaned up another chamber by hand.
The last was a 375 Whelen AI. The 375 started out as a barrel that was just a plain barrel, not even short chambered. That was way to much work and time!!! I wanted to build a rifle doing as much as I could. I’ve showed it to two gun smiths that said only good things about the chamber job. I’m glad I did one.
I ran a lathe for a side job while going to school. I sold my lathe and sorely miss it. My advice is to take it to a gunsmith unless you have someone who knows what he’s doing looking over your shoulder.
I won’t do another “hand job” except a short chamber, maybe.