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Question...tight spot in barrel...

n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
edited November 2005 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
Here's another question about my Weatherby SVM in .243. Ever since the very first cleaning of this rifle, I noticed a tight spot in the barrel about 1" from the muzzle. Today the rifle was sitting on my dining room table at a perfect angle for the lighting to reveal that there is a ring of small dimples around the barrel about 1" from the muzzle. Does anyone here have any idea what the cause of these could be?...and if they may be related to the tight spot that I have noticed? It's a Krieger button rifled tube. Thanks!

Eric
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You might want to talk to the gunsmith that chambered/installed that barrel. Your dents sound like they were made by the centering/retaining screws from the lube spyder.

    Whittemore
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Tailgunner1954
    You might want to talk to the gunsmith that chambered/installed that barrel. Your dents sound like they were made by the centering/retaining screws from the lube spyder.

    Whittemore
    Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.


    It's a Krieger tube on a Weatherby SVM...factory rifle.

    Eric
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    some manufacturers taper the bore toward the muzzle for better accuracy. I don't know if this is the case with your tube though. Does the patch feel tighter when it passes this point?

    why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
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  • HighballHighball Member Posts: 15,755
    edited November -1
    Over tightening the jaws of the lathe chuck will cause exactly what you describe.
    Does the rifle shoot well ?

    The barrel should be tightest at the muzzle..but not 'crimped' tight...just tapered, as previously described.
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  • nononsensenononsense Member Posts: 10,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Eric,

    I would get on the phone and call them to see if they have an answer. John's crew is very customer oriented and should be able to give you an answer right away or have someone call you regarding the problem. It sounds to me like a manufacturing problem... talk to the manufacturer.

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  • gunzforevergunzforever Member Posts: 619 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i have had costumers come in with this complaint before, and most of the time it was due to over tighening but should not hurt it to much
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