Barrel rechambering ???

You'd have to find somebody who either has or will get the reamer. If he doesn't have one, you'll pay for it and won't get to keep it. He might be able to rent one from several places Stateside. These guys list a .303 Epp's finishing reamer and headspace guages for rent. Not excessively expensive either.
http://www.reamerrentals.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=303Ep.f
These guys make 'em. http://www.pacifictoolandgauge.com/index.htm
He or you will also need headspace guages.
There's .303 Epp's load data on .303british.com. Read this too.
http://www.303british.com/id20.html
 
sunray said:
You'd have to find somebody who either has or will get the reamer. If he doesn't have one, you'll pay for it and won't get to keep it. He might be able to rent one from several places Stateside. These guys list a .303 Epp's finishing reamer and headspace guages for rent. Not excessively expensive either.
http://www.reamerrentals.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=303Ep.f
These guys make 'em. http://www.pacifictoolandgauge.com/index.htm
He or you will also need headspace guages.
There's .303 Epp's load data on .303british.com. Read this too.
http://www.303british.com/id20.html
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Funny isn't it? As a mechanic, if someone were looking to have there car or truck fixed, and I didn't have the tool for the job I would be expected to purchase said tool, or turn down the job. It certainly wouldn't be up to the customer to buy a tool for me to keep. Usually, I would take a loss on that one job, but hopefully make up for it on future jobs, since I don't have to purchase the tool again.
 
With a reamer costing around 175.00Cdn and a rechambering job being worth about 120.00, it's easy to understand why a gunsmith might not want to buy a reamer he didn't figure to use very often.
FWIW, I do have a 303Epps reamer. Regards, Bill
 
Leeper said:
With a reamer costing around 175.00Cdn and a rechambering job being worth about 120.00, it's easy to understand why a gunsmith might not want to buy a reamer he didn't figure to use very often.
FWIW, I do have a 303Epps reamer. Regards, Bill
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And you're "nearly" in the Fraser Valley- certainly nearer than Epps, where I sent my P-14 to be rechambered to .303 Epps a couple of years ago. Darn! (Now, can you get it to feed RN bullets?)

:) Stuart
 
I guess only about 300 miles as the crow flies. Quite a bit further if the crow is driving a car! As for the RN bullets, probably. Regards, Bill
 
I wouldn't worry about RN bullets. I was just thinking it would be cool to have a rifle that would feed and shoot a 174 gr. bullet reliably and and be able to reload it more than 3 or 4 times. I think the whole idea behind the 303 Epps was case life + 100/200 fps. It seems feeding is the main issue . Unless Leeper is interested. Epps is certainly not interested. they told me the #4 action is not strong enough !!! :eek: Jack
 
got to go said:
I wouldn't worry about RN bullets. I was just thinking it would be cool to have a rifle that would feed and shoot a 174 gr. bullet reliably and and be able to reload it more than 3 or 4 times. I think the whole idea behind the 303 Epps was case life + 100/200 fps. ...
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Extended case life is the main advantage of the Epps conversion, with a bonus of some more velocity. You should be able to get more than 3-4 reloads from standard brass, though - maybe even double that - if you neck-size only.

For me, feeding RN bullets is convenient because I have a whack of them and like to use them for practice. But of course there are other alternatives for hunting, such as the Hornadys, Hawk, or even Woodleigh or Steve R's 200 gn "Mk.9". As I recall, my NºIV will feed RN okay; my regular P-14 will if I seat them out a bit, but the BSA/P-14 Epps won't. Not the end of the world, though.

:) Stuart
 
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