Bought a Hunter compact 35 remington awhile back specifically to rechamber to 356. $167 from Bud's, great trigger.
Got the reamer in the other day and proceeded to get started.
Thought I would chuck it up in my lathe and use the live center to center everything up. I made a cut or two and decided I was better with a bench vise and tap handle. (Not a ton of lathe experience, didn't want to mess up my barrel) I had previously hand cut a H&R 35 Remington with good success.
6 hrs later................
I finally finished! The throats on the CVA's are so tight the pilot could barely be forced in. Had to stand on a 5 gal. bucket and put weight on the handles to cut this thing.
SO IF YOU DECIDE TO TRY IT.............SEE IF YOU CAN GET UNDERSIZE PILOTS WITH THE REAMER RENTAL!!!!!!
However...........the proof is in the pudding. Loaded up an old favorite load, not a bad group for the new Lady.
Got the reamer in the other day and proceeded to get started.
Thought I would chuck it up in my lathe and use the live center to center everything up. I made a cut or two and decided I was better with a bench vise and tap handle. (Not a ton of lathe experience, didn't want to mess up my barrel) I had previously hand cut a H&R 35 Remington with good success.
6 hrs later................
I finally finished! The throats on the CVA's are so tight the pilot could barely be forced in. Had to stand on a 5 gal. bucket and put weight on the handles to cut this thing. SO IF YOU DECIDE TO TRY IT.............SEE IF YOU CAN GET UNDERSIZE PILOTS WITH THE REAMER RENTAL!!!!!!
However...........the proof is in the pudding. Loaded up an old favorite load, not a bad group for the new Lady.
