Neither of the two rifles I have (one from Lothar Walther, and one from Alexander Arms) has the cartridge stamped onto the barrel. I had to have that done after I received the rifles.
Both the barrel I received from Lothar Walther, and the rifle my friend received from Lothar Walther are .007 shorter than my Grendel from AA, and his 6.5 CSS from Sabre Defense.
So, yesterday I spoke with Dave at Pacific T&G, and we have decided to get a finish chamber reamer and have both of the short chambers opened up by .007 thousandths. Although sending the barrels back to Lothar Walther is an option, that idea was rejected as Woody is a bit testy whenever anyone even suggests that there may be an issue with quality control. So I don't even want to waste the time listening to him tell me I am wrong.
Both the Lothar Walther barrels were made about the same time, and although they shoot well, I'm not interested in shortening the expensive Lapua brass by overworking it so often. My AA barrel also shoots well, so it just made sense to open up the chamber of both the Lothar Walther barrels.
Considering the problems associated with discussing quality control with Woody, possibility of having the uppers disassembled to have the chambers reamed out by Woody, the expense of shipping and insuring both uppers, the time waiting for the uppers to come back, reassembling, then re-zeroing both rifles, buying a reamer and having the chambers opened up was a much more attractive option. Besides, then I'll have a 264 LBC/AR finish reamer for future use if necessary.
Infidel470 and I are going to split the cost of the reamer, and deal with the short chamber issue ourselves. A side benefit is that after the chambers are opened up .007 thou, both of the rifles will have fresh throats in them. Both of the rifles have around a thousand rounds, maybe two thousand through them, so the fresh throat will be a side benefit.
It is largely irrelevant to us what spec drawing Hornady, AA, or LBC shows for specs. The fact remains that two of us have Lothar Walther barrels with chambers that are .007 shorter than our other rifles in this cartridge..by whatever name you choose to call the cartridge (Grendel, 6.5CSS, 264 LBC, 6.5/6mmPPC improved).
As both Infidel470 and I have Lothar Walther barrels that are .007 shorter than the Alexander Arms, and the Sabre defense chambers, logic says that either two chambers have to come down in size (impossible) or two chambers have to be opened up to reduce the expansion/sizing down work on the expensive Lapua cases. Hence our decision to buy a reamer and have the chambers opened up.
Both the barrel I received from Lothar Walther, and the rifle my friend received from Lothar Walther are .007 shorter than my Grendel from AA, and his 6.5 CSS from Sabre Defense.
So, yesterday I spoke with Dave at Pacific T&G, and we have decided to get a finish chamber reamer and have both of the short chambers opened up by .007 thousandths. Although sending the barrels back to Lothar Walther is an option, that idea was rejected as Woody is a bit testy whenever anyone even suggests that there may be an issue with quality control. So I don't even want to waste the time listening to him tell me I am wrong.
Both the Lothar Walther barrels were made about the same time, and although they shoot well, I'm not interested in shortening the expensive Lapua brass by overworking it so often. My AA barrel also shoots well, so it just made sense to open up the chamber of both the Lothar Walther barrels.
Considering the problems associated with discussing quality control with Woody, possibility of having the uppers disassembled to have the chambers reamed out by Woody, the expense of shipping and insuring both uppers, the time waiting for the uppers to come back, reassembling, then re-zeroing both rifles, buying a reamer and having the chambers opened up was a much more attractive option. Besides, then I'll have a 264 LBC/AR finish reamer for future use if necessary.
Infidel470 and I are going to split the cost of the reamer, and deal with the short chamber issue ourselves. A side benefit is that after the chambers are opened up .007 thou, both of the rifles will have fresh throats in them. Both of the rifles have around a thousand rounds, maybe two thousand through them, so the fresh throat will be a side benefit.
It is largely irrelevant to us what spec drawing Hornady, AA, or LBC shows for specs. The fact remains that two of us have Lothar Walther barrels with chambers that are .007 shorter than our other rifles in this cartridge..by whatever name you choose to call the cartridge (Grendel, 6.5CSS, 264 LBC, 6.5/6mmPPC improved).
As both Infidel470 and I have Lothar Walther barrels that are .007 shorter than the Alexander Arms, and the Sabre defense chambers, logic says that either two chambers have to come down in size (impossible) or two chambers have to be opened up to reduce the expansion/sizing down work on the expensive Lapua cases. Hence our decision to buy a reamer and have the chambers opened up.
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