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So what is he talking about you are thinking. 7mm/08, 284/08 whats the diff/

Here is what I was thinking.
I have two Win. 100s. One in .308 and one in .284 Win. They both need the recall, fireing pin replacement. I was going to take them to a local smith and get him to strip and clean them. And while they were stripped I would take the fireing pins and send them off to get the replacement pins and a check to do the work. I'd return the pins to the smith to reasemble the guns.

Well I started to take one of the guns apart myself thinking I could do the job myself if it didn't look too complicated. And I had the thought that I better keep everything well seperated so all the parts from one gun go back in that same gun. Then i thought, Hmmmmmm what If I put the .284 barrel on the .308 action? (assuming it would fit together???) Would I end up with a functioning 7mm/08? (.284/08)


And conversly if I put the .308 barrel onto the .284 action what kind of a horse would that turn out to be? A 30/.284.
 
Unless you are jesting you should not take the rifles apart. Your question indicates you do not have much working knowledge in this area. :)

I would not put much money in any project based on a modern action that was discontinued a long time ago and that parts are hard to find for.
 
blargon said:
Take them to your gunsmith and have him sell them for you...;)
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Guy makes an honest mistake and he should sell his guns? Bugger that. He's still in the steep part of the learning curve, that's all. Nothing wrong with correcting the gentleman, but stupid remarks are out of line.

I can't rebuild a car engine in my basement, but I'm still qualified to drive. Bet you're the same. Should we surrender our cars to a mechanic to sell for us?? You can but I'm keeping mine...:)
 
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Actually, I can (and have) rebuild/rebuilt a car engine in my basement. Did a Porsche engine on my kitchen table one time (pre-wife, of course). The question raised would be simply and easily answered by looking in any loading manual for the dimensional drawings, or even going online for the same info. And I think people should have at least a rough idea of how their vehicles work and what they are capable of before they are allowed to drive. That's just me though, I'm sure any old gun put together with a pipe wrench and a stick, maybe a little glue and duct tape will work fine. I'll let someone else stand near it on the firing line if that's ok with everyone else though. Still, you make a valid point about the learning curve, and I apologise if anyone's feelings were hurt in this thread, by me. We good now? - dan
 
jethunter said:
Guy makes an honest mistake and he should sell his guns? Bugger that. He's still in the steep part of the learning curve, that's all. Nothing wrong with correcting the gentleman, but stupid remarks are out of line.

I can't rebuild a car engine in my basement, but I'm still qualified to drive. Bet you're the same. Should we surrender our cars to a mechanic to sell for us?? You can but I'm keeping mine...:)
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I was joking and don't really care what he does, but it sure would be a learning curve to watch as he fired the .308 cartridge in his .284!;)

Sometimes honest mistakes injure or kill people...
 
The 284 and 308 cartridges have similar but not identical cases (not just the caliber). You will still have only a 308 and a 284 - no hybrids. The nature of your question suggests if you disassemble those guns you will have one or two boxes of gun parts that will cost you more to have reassembled by a gunsmith than the guns are worth. Leave it to your gunsmith....
 
I realized the error in my thought (brain fart) just about the time I was "hitting send".

Short of editing the post by totally eliminating it, I wasn't sure what to do so I just let it stay to see how it would be answered.

Some interesting comments and some not so much.

Some time back I had asked a question about how I could have a Win. 100 rechambered and barreled to another cartrigde (7mm-08 I believe). I was told that because the 100 barrel has the gas port that it would not be doable.
I guess that got me going.

I'm glad no one thought it was a great idea.
 
blargon said:
I was joking and don't really care what he does, but it sure would be a learning curve to watch as he fired the .308 cartridge in his .284!;)

Sometimes honest mistakes injure or kill people...
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Be a hell of a trick to get a .308 cartridge to chamber in a .284, i think. :)
 
dan belisle said:
I'm sure any old gun put together with a pipe wrench and a stick, maybe a little glue and duct tape will work fine. I'll let someone else stand near it on the firing line if that's ok with everyone else though. Still, you make a valid point about the learning curve, and I apologise if anyone's feelings were hurt in this thread, by me. We good now? - dan
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We're good now.

BTW, duct tape doesn't work, i tried it but the barrel still falls off sometimes. :)
 
blargon said:
Not much of a trick, as the .308 is just short enough that it would fit in the chamber and I'm sure someone has done it.
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How is a .308 bullet going to fit into a .284 winchester neck? I don't think it would even be close to allowing the bolt to close, short of using a sledge hammer on it. But I guess none of us knows everything, huh?
 
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