Thinking of doign a run of M1a / M14/ m305 barrels what do i need to know

You replied before I could edit lol. I guess my point was I would like to do some moose & elk hunting with my M305 but the reccomended 150-168gr maximum for the Norc chamber is a little light for big game. Would be nice to comfortably shoot anything through that barrel without concern.
 
For a $250-300 target. Make it a short chamber barrel. Let the customer/ end users take it to a smith and finish it the way they want it to be.

To be honest. I'd be in for a regular 18.5 replacement plain jane barrel
 
This is a must, have to be short chambered due the bolt and receiver wear, the same headspace wouldn't work for everyone.

Canuck223 said:
One question.

With one of the concerns from the Norinco owners being headspacing, would it be wise to chamber these on the short side and let the end user / gunsmith finish reaming it?

I know with the AR-15 barrels, folks want plug and play functioning. With the M14, I'd suspect a service chamber would do for most rather than a match chamber.

Thoughts?
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word of advice......
use a CLYMER M852 reamer to create the initial short chamber...... they MUST be short chamber non chrome lined in my opinion for exactly the reasons Zdragunov stated.
Clymer pull thru m852 finishing reamer kits are easily acquired by us all as are the matching gauge sets.
and don't sell yourself short on the price tag...... ignore the cheap folks. charge us what you need to so you can stay in the market for a long time to come. ;)

I've installed dozens of CBI prechambered 7.62 and .308 barrels and while I love the barrels, the prechambering causes issues outside the realm of what is reasonably achieved by the hobby builder.
in my opinion short chamber is a must or you will be setting yourself up with a million emails from customers asking questions only an experienced m14 smith will be able to answer.
 
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