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well guys im kicking my snider project into high gear I need a 24ga reamer for 2" length shells anyone know where I could get one (I am reaming it by hands since I don't have a lathe)
 
Special order from any of the reamer manufacturers.
They will need the specs.
PT&G, JGS, Clymer could all grind one for you.
 
tiriaq said:
Rattail file?
Drill bit?
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I was thinking drill bit and then polish it out with some fine abrasive paste so far I have not got a quote for a reamer from any one of the company's you posted but since the last of the budget for this project is going on the barrel assembly(barrel,4130 tubing,lee enfield no1 mk3 barrel threads)
 
so far jgs is a no go since I don't have any chamber drawings to work off maybe i'll try to find a 24ga barrel that's been chambered and have part of the chamber cut off to make it 2" long and take off the rim area
 
You can generate chamber drawings by working from cartridge case dimensions.
A 24ga. shotgun barrel is essentially an unrifled .58 rifle barrel. 24ga. shotgun barrels are commercially available, no point messing with a piece of 4130 tube and the stump of a SMLE barrel.
 
This might help: http://www.dave-cushman.net/shot/shotshellloads.html

If you could find a Chucking Reamer of the correct diameter and there isn't much cutting required, that might work. 21/32 is probably too small, and 11/16 too large, but perhaps a 43/64 or a metric equivalent (17mm) could be found.

Still inferior to a chamber reamer.
 
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tiriaq said:
You can generate chamber drawings by working from cartridge case dimensions.
A 24ga. shotgun barrel is essentially an unrifled .58 rifle barrel. 24ga. shotgun barrels are commercially available, no point messing with a piece of 4130 tube and the stump of a SMLE barrel.
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the barrel im looking at cant be threaded because of the way it is the tubing and smle barrel threads would be there to give it threads. but I will be drained of cash after buying the barrel I was going to buy
 
Measured a new 24ga. brass shell. Just in front of the rim it is .648; about 2" out, it is .640.
Check KBC Tools lists of reamers, see if there is an imperial or metric just a few thou. larger.
 
tiriaq said:
Measured a new 24ga. brass shell. Just in front of the rim it is .648; about 2" out, it is .640.
Check KBC Tools lists of reamers, see if there is an imperial or metric just a few thou. larger.
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ive found a old single shot that's off face im gonn use that barrel no matter what the back of the chamber is going to be what it is since it is a snider action
 
antiqueguy said:
ive found a old single shot that's off face im gonn use that barrel no matter what the back of the chamber is going to be what it is since it is a snider action
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well that did not work out right so back to square one only got a few weeks to get this done and a really low budget at this point I will not be able to buy the barrel I had set out to buy in the first place and I still don't have a extractor that works with my action
 
so guys I can't find a barrel or reamer I was looking at track of the wolf but I figure that 1" octagon will not thread the 1" threads I need(hence the reason I wanted to use the lee enfield barrel threads and 4130 extension) I could make it 20ga all day long but I want a 24ga

s far nobody makes a octagon to round 24ga barrel with a nice fade into round other than track
 
1" threads could be cut on a 1" octagon. Not going to be much of a shoulder, if something needs to butt up against the receiver. A set screw or thread locker/epoxy would keep the barrel in index.
There was an article in one of the large gunsmithing texts about boring chambers. Chap bored chambers for bottlenecked rifle cartridges. That might be an option, rather than using a reamer.
If you don't want to buy a real chambering reamer, and don't want to use a machinist's reamer, a "D" reamer could be made from drill rod.
 
tiriaq said:
1" threads could be cut on a 1" octagon. Not going to be much of a shoulder, if something needs to butt up against the receiver. A set screw or thread locker/epoxy would keep the barrel in index.
There was an article in one of the large gunsmithing texts about boring chambers. Chap bored chambers for bottlenecked rifle cartridges. That might be an option, rather than using a reamer.
If you don't want to buy a real chambering reamer, and don't want to use a machinist's reamer, a "D" reamer could be made from drill rod.
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yes I know about d reamers and such but no lathe in sight
 
so bump this back up for a min looks like no one is willing to make a reamer none of the big names will do it without the specs and its not like saami has 24ga chamber specs well looks like this will go onto the pile of unfinished projects as i got bigger fish to fry
 
antiqueguy said:
so bump this back up for a min looks like no one is willing to make a reamer none of the big names will do it without the specs and its not like saami has 24ga chamber specs well looks like this will go onto the pile of unfinished projects as i got bigger fish to fry
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Without a lathe, you are pretty limited in your ability to accomplish your original project as well as find it a lot of work to even chamber the barrel. For the cost of a commercial reamer particularly one in a custom cartridge, you would be far better off to buy a complete gun such as a Cooey single shot in 20 guage

cheers mooncoon
 
mooncoon said:
Without a lathe, you are pretty limited in your ability to accomplish your original project as well as find it a lot of work to even chamber the barrel. For the cost of a commercial reamer particularly one in a custom cartridge, you would be far better off to buy a complete gun such as a Cooey single shot in 20 guage

cheers mooncoon
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yeah but one I like 24ga(it throws nice patterns) and I kind of like the idea of a more modern fowler
 
For what it is I dont really see the point. A .24 gauge is a redundant shotgun cartridge as .20 and .28 guage overlap eachother in terms of loading data. Not to mention its much easier to find .28 and .20 shells.

Why not just get a .58 rifled barrel and turn it into a rifle. Not only would this be more fun to play with IMHO it would greatly increase the resale value. As a snider with a brand new .58 barrel would be pretty cool.

I agree with mooncoon, I would get a cooey model 84 in .20 gauge they are great well made guns and cheap. Or call one of the barrel makers in the states and ask them to make you a .58 barrel
 
mrclean89 said:
For what it is I dont really see the point. A .24 gauge is a redundant shotgun cartridge as .20 and .28 guage overlap eachother in terms of loading data. Not to mention its much easier to find .28 and .20 shells.

Why not just get a .58 rifled barrel and turn it into a rifle. Not only would this be more fun to play with IMHO it would greatly increase the resale value. As a snider with a brand new .58 barrel would be pretty cool.

I agree with mooncoon, I would get a cooey model 84 in .20 gauge they are great well made guns and cheap. Or call one of the barrel makers in the states and ask them to make you a .58 barrel
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but I don't want an break open single shot 20ga I like the snider action I have a snider action that I spent well over the asking price of a cheap run of the mil single shot and I don't need another rifle that I have to drive over 400 miles to hunt with. the logic of putting it in .577 snider because 24ga is not common is pointless because they use the same brass and with the 24ga I could shoot a .58 cal bullet down the pipe not going to be too accurate but it would work if needed.

for me I don't like run of the mil just like my cars/motorcycles I don't like them if they can get lost in a parking lot anyway this project is on the backburner im starting a business and will have no time to build this for a while
 
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