Author Topic: Throat reamer on a 6.8 SPC Encore barrel  (Read 584 times)

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Offline R.W.Dale

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Throat reamer on a 6.8 SPC Encore barrel
« on: September 11, 2007, 03:01:49 PM »
 I wonder if there will be any real downside to cutting the throat deeper on my 6.8SPC encore barrel? I can't help but feel that freeing up that extra case capacity would help with accuracy and keep pressures in check. Do ya'll think this is worthwhile?

 Right now I seat 130grn Hornady SST's to a col of 2.415 or .015 off the lands (illustrated on the left) as you can see the base of the bullet protrudes into the case by  a good deal. What I would like to be able to do is seat these bullets so the base of the bullet is flush with the bottom of the case neck (shown on right). I can rent a throating reamer for $25 so I won't be out any real cash on this endeavor.


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Re: Throat reamer on a 6.8 SPC Encore barrel
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2007, 05:29:36 PM »
The only down side I see is to much free bore for accuracy in lighter bullets like the 115 and 110 grain. I believe the cartridge was actually designed around the 115

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