Now what to do...

[Lumpy Grits]

Don-What ever you do cut. This is the ONLY cutting oil I would/will use.
http://www.lpslabs.com/product-details/630

Gary

[Gunlaker]

Don I wonder if that's DanT's reamer design? Manson has his PP reamer prints on file. The end of that one looks a lot like mine. .474" case mouth and a 25 degree taper at the end. I've got both the .45-70 and .45-90 versions and am happy with the way they shoot.

Chris.

[Don McDowell]

Lumpy I've got a big can of the cutting oil PTG sells with their reamers.

Chris I'm guessing that is about a 25 degree taper. Will know more about it in a few days. Will see about fixing that Italian rifle's chamber first.
Then thinking about having Oregon barrel cut a 45 caliber barrel countoured to match the Browning, and having Eron Ahmer work his magic with that barrel and this reamer..

[Kurt]

If it is his reamer I hope it's this one and not this free bore.

[bruce moulds]

and also hope the pilot fits the bore correctly.
this is critical to alignment.
if it is loose, the whole deal might cost you a set of pin gauges.
keep safe,
bruce.

[Kurt]

and also hope the pilot fits the bore correctly.
this is critical to alignment.
if it is loose, the whole deal might cost you a set of pin gauges.
keep safe,
bruce.

I think this was what was going on with some of the early Browning BPCR. I have one that a bad chamber that I was fortunate enough to clean out with a throating reamer and a proper fitting extended pilot.

[Don McDowell]

Near as I can tell from the picture, it's that top reamer. Looks like it's floating pilot so if it's not the right size, just put a better one on..
The whole deal both the mould and the reamer cost me less than what either one of them would of cost bought separate..

[Gunlaker]

The floating pilots are pretty cheap and easy to get from Manson. I had to buy a couple of extras when I sent a reamer to CPA.

I think it's the top reamer too. That's the one that I've got in .45 for the 2.1" and 2.4" case. I used a sizing die and taper crimp die to form the cases.

I found that the 2.1" version works very well with a thin card wad plus a 0.060" LDPE. The .45-90 needs either a lube cookie, or two LDPE wads. When I used a single wad I found some burned patch fragments. I think my best targets are with a lube cookie.

I think you'll like the reamer. It'll be interesting to hear your experiences with it. When I talked with Dan a while ago he was using the 2.6" case length, but I noticed that he went back to the .38 cal rifle for the big match in Arizona.

I've recently got a case of OE 1.5. I'm hoping that the .45-2.4" will really like that powder. I don't think it needs too fine a granulation. With plain Goex Fg I was doing 1300 fps, and with FFg it was right around 1350 fps which is just 10 fps short of my .45-110.

Chis.

[Don McDowell]

81-82 grs of that 1.5 OE seems to be the magic spot in my 45-90, and the 44-90 st as well. .060 fiber wad under the bullet.
I'm looking forward to that reamer getting here. That Italian rifle always shot so very well, until the thing filled up with lead because of the goofy chamber in it. Stretching that chamber on out to 2.4, should turn the thing into a rifle worth owning, especially if I can get the lock smoothed up a bit.

[Gunlaker]

That's interesting Don. 82gr of Goex FFg Express was also the sweet spot for the .45-2.1.

I think that for the 2.4" chamber I'm going to end up with between 85-88gr of Goex Fg. I haven't tried the OE yet. It is pretty light and fluffy stuff though.

Chris.