down another rabbit hole

[woodchopper]

So sitting putting together a list of reamers I need to buy for my current projects and I got to thinking...

I was thinking what if there was a 10mm / 40 caliber wildcat based on a 303 British......

then I found the 405 Winchester

the 405 winchester might be too long for a lee enfield action but would work in a martini

 

[jamesharrison]

Don't forget about the .444 Marlin, with cases made from .303 brass, or the .375 Fl. N.E. 2 1/2", or the .35 Winchester. I've owned the first 2 & have long thought about the third, as well as a 9.3-303 [aka .366 Enfield] using a large ring Husqvarna M98 barrel with its 1.100" 1:12" threads recut to the 1.000" 1:14" N.S. threads required. If one was careful & did the math correctly from the start, a chamber reamer would not even be required.

As for the .405 W.C.F., as long as the bullets are seated so that you have a C.O.A.L. of ~3.075", the O.A.L. will work in the magazine. The big thing will be getting the almost straight cartridges to feed in the side-to-side tapering magazine of a L.E.

 

[woodchopper]

don't encourage me

If I had more machines in the shop I would be unstoppable

(deep hole drilling machine and a rifling machine)

the price of barrel blanks and reamers is the only thing holding me back....

 

[dan belisle]

don't encourage me

If I had more machines in the shop I would be unstoppable

(deep hole drilling machine and a rifling machine)

the price of barrel blanks and reamers is the only thing holding me back....

I've got plans for a barrel making machine here somewhere. - dan

 

[jamesharrison]

Re: I've got plans for a barrel making machine here somewhere. - dan

That's NOT a rabbit hole, that's a: