08-21-2021, 03:01 AM
As promised in the latest E-mail From Pac-Nor the barrel arrived today. Yea!
Promptly set up a barrel vice & removed a 6,5 grendel barrel for what I hoped would be a quick change over. Well murphy did show his ugly face a little bit. Fortunately I have a good friend that has a lathe that allowed for a quick fix of a lack of clearance for the bolt & extractor. Increased the depth of a counter bore a few thousance and off to installing the barrel.
Tested the head space with a head space gauge ordered for this project 5 plus months ago. Go gauge closes fine. Place one layer of masking tape on the head of the go gauge & the bolt closes snugly. Another layer of tape and the bolt would not close. Borrowing the lathe was a good excuse to start catching up on a lot with a long time friend. Thanks again Steve!
Get home & reassemble the rifle in the stock. remount the scope & all. Later this evening I got out & fired just one factory round. Came home & compared head space with the re-barreled CZ 527 & the savage Axis brass. Head space is identical between both rifles. Cool beans If I choose to keep the savage, ammo will likely be interchangeable even if I aim for .002" head space. clearance.
Barrel seemed to clean up just fine. Ill have to give the bore a look over with a bore scope prior to getting her out further.
Well tomorrow I look forward to seasoning this Pacnor 6mm ARC barrel & get her sighted in.
Promptly set up a barrel vice & removed a 6,5 grendel barrel for what I hoped would be a quick change over. Well murphy did show his ugly face a little bit. Fortunately I have a good friend that has a lathe that allowed for a quick fix of a lack of clearance for the bolt & extractor. Increased the depth of a counter bore a few thousance and off to installing the barrel.
Tested the head space with a head space gauge ordered for this project 5 plus months ago. Go gauge closes fine. Place one layer of masking tape on the head of the go gauge & the bolt closes snugly. Another layer of tape and the bolt would not close. Borrowing the lathe was a good excuse to start catching up on a lot with a long time friend. Thanks again Steve!
Get home & reassemble the rifle in the stock. remount the scope & all. Later this evening I got out & fired just one factory round. Came home & compared head space with the re-barreled CZ 527 & the savage Axis brass. Head space is identical between both rifles. Cool beans If I choose to keep the savage, ammo will likely be interchangeable even if I aim for .002" head space. clearance.
Barrel seemed to clean up just fine. Ill have to give the bore a look over with a bore scope prior to getting her out further.
Well tomorrow I look forward to seasoning this Pacnor 6mm ARC barrel & get her sighted in.