338-06 or 323-06 reamer

Reamers can be rented with no fuss from several U.AS. based companies. Reamers, of course, are not all the same either.
 
There are no places that rent to Canadians any more that I'm aware of and I have looked , the guy from 4D rentals told me that the transit time for shipping to Canada , due in part to holdups at US customs, made renting the reamers for a reasonable price impossible. You can try Gary Eakin at thereamerguy@yahoo.ca as he imported reamers and I believe he still does but wildcat or unusual reamers can take quite a while to get. Manson reamers, JGS tools and PT&G (Pacific tool and gauge) sell directly to customers but again it will take time to get it up here.
 
I have always found the best approach was to buy new, use, and then sell a chambering reamer. The net cost (compared to renting) works out the same.
 
David L said:
Looking for someone do the chamber. From a p17 action eddystone.
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It would be interesting to see this. 95% of the P17 sporters I've seen have been in some variant of the original 30 Cal (30-06, 300 Win mag, etc.), and 95% of the 8mm-06's I've seen have been based on mauser actions.
 
David L said:
Looking for someone do the chamber. From a p17 action eddystone.
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The P17 is a 30-06 so it would require a new barrel to do a 338-06 or an 8mm-06. Costly venture. Is the present 30-06 barrel no good to shoot as is?

There are no cheap military 8mm barrels that will work on the much larger P17 action. It requires large blanks.
 
I was looking for a benchmark #3 contour to do it. Will that work? I don't have the price of the barrel yet but was thinking around 500?
 
David L said:
I was looking for a benchmark #3 contour to do it. Will that work? I don't have the price of the barrel yet but was thinking around 500?
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You need a blank with a shank of 1.250". A blank will be under $500 I think but most gunsmiths will be charging you $250 to thread, fit, chamber and headspace correctly if they have the reamer. A reamer will be under $200. Then you will also need reloading dies (possibly $150). Has the action been worked over? Drilled and tapped? Bolt alteration? Bottom metal altered? Custom stock? Another thousand plus...

It's an Eddystone to start with, the most undesirable of the 3 manufacturers. I wouldn't spend a cent on it. It is not an investment, it's money down the drain. But it is your choice to do what ever you want.
 
Thanks Guntech, you have made my mind clear. Stay away from it and if bored, just get another rifle! Good point. Doesn't worth the $$ and the trouble.
 
Well, Eddies are not that bad actions exept that there were batches of them (not all) right down to hard. Many accidents were experienced that overloaded handloads and even the factory ammo over extended period of time did shatter the receivers and especialy bolt lugs. Optimum hardness of receiver is in the range of 40HRC and 45HRC for bolt. Many of them were in excess of 50HRC and even they would stand to couple of "blue pills", extended shooting would cause the micro cracks and then final catastrophic failure. Eddies are very serviceable actions but only after making sure that they are not to hard and if they are then new heat treading is in order to save them from garbage.
 
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