Its official, I own a 356 Winchester H&R!! You just have to LOVE the service you get at 4D Reamer rentals!!! THANKS GUYS!!!
I ordered the 356 Winchester reamer Thursday and its here today Saturday 2/18/12!!
SO after dinner I took the barrel apart, clamped it in the vice. Got out the tap handle and cutting fluid..... Took me about 30 minutes from 35 Remington to 356 Winchester!
I used a 3/8 #4 Phillips bit for the reamer adapter.
Cutting was easy, I took my time one or two complete revolutions and remove reamer. Blow out chamber and then clean reamer. Oil and repeat... took about 60 times. But the last couple where slow as I didn't want to cut too deep. I stopped at about 1/2 a thousands under flush.
Here I have just started cutting the rim... Lots a oil!
I am about half done with the rim but..
Its all done!! It's cut to a half a thousandths past flush. This is to allow for variances in brass.
Then I reinstalled the extractor to see if it would work. It did but was a noticeable drag on the case. Sometimes making case removal difficult. So I removed it and hit the center with the dremel tool. I put a small radius on it and then took the sharp corners off it... It works with both rimmed and rimless cases... But was still a bit sharp. So I removed and hit it again this time with a little larger stone... Well I went too far...
It worked perfectly with the 356 Cases, but a 358 slides right past the extractor. SO no big deal, they are cheap, I will order a couple and modify until I get it how I want it!
Now I need more RANGE TIME!!! As predicted, I never even shot this barrel as it was factory chambered... I could have, but forgot it Friday when I was at the range! I had my new 22Mag on the brain!!
CW