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Re: 40-65 Shiloh Reamer
Reply #15 - Mar 17th, 2021 at 11:57pm
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westerner wrote on Feb 11th, 2021 at 10:50pm:
John Rigby wrote on Feb 11th, 2021 at 7:39pm:
Ron's barrels were .408 and only Remington 45-70 brass could be used.  A tight chamber for sure.  Winchester brass would not chamber. 

Yep, you're correct. My Winchester slugs at .408.  I've used Winchester brass however. Maybe I squeezed um down.  I know I used Winchester because I shot them till they wore out and replaced with Remington. 

For what it is worth, not all of Ron Longs barrels are the same. I have a Ballard he built into 40-65 RL, with his barrel of course. It for sure measures 0.406". I have his mold for the rifle which casts the correct size cast bullet for this rifle, at 0.406" as well.
There were any number of them around with barrels this size back in the day 20-25 years ago at the Denver BPCRS matchs.
  
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Re: 40-65 Shiloh Reamer
Reply #16 - Mar 18th, 2021 at 9:21pm
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At one point I thought someone had a copy of the PTG drawing book and posted a print on this forum, have not received a response from Shiloh or PTG for information on the reamer specs.
  
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