OK...... I'm a tool freak.
I admit to my addiction.
BUT..... I'm learning.
My graveyard grows.
The best investment I ever made was to go out into my toolbox and grab a long extension and tape it onto my reamer backwards.
Now I just short-chamber a few thou because EVERY BARREL sets down just a wee bit differently when you torque 'em as hard as I do (I was adjusting headspace with barrel tightness 20yrs ago) NOW I finish the chamber IN THE GUN, fully torqued, ready to fire.
I've never told anyone this before. I don't even know why I am telling on myself now now knowing that it'll be received just like my "fat-butted chambers" but maybe someone, somewhere will get pleasure from it
Life is just so good when all's ya' gots ta' go is grab up some cases and SHOOT! Instead of dinkling around endlessly with clicks and die shims and settings and trying to remember which barrel needs which setup. 20 barrels? no problem..... can use same brass and die for ALL OF THEM! Never trimming, never fighting with cases.
And nary a click one.....ever.
I'm actually re-cutting dozens of chambers on "old" barrels right now, dozens of reamers and sizes......and going back through hundreds (thousands?) of bagged up and boxed up and taped up and marked up cases from 50 different barrels/actions/guns/setups and instead of grabbing new cases for a new barrel just grab some out of a box set and pretend they're new. If they don't iron in then I can throw them away with a clean conscience! Cuz slowly but surely ALL MY CHAMBERINGS are coming into line, matched.
whewww..... got that off my chest.
Gonna' go shoot now, the rain stopped
And it's FRIDAY!!!