I have made and used "D" reamers many times. Always with good luck. But never a piloted one. I will be making a piloted D reamer to ream the chamber after installing the barrel liner in my old .22 rifle. I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work well. Has anyone here done this? Eric
A "D" reamer question
Sep 23, 2012
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Remember....224 for Match chamber.... and . 225 for"general" chamber
In your weapon..Id probably go for .225, as its not a "match" gun, and it will feed crap ammo.
Gunner
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No reason why not. The "normal" chambering reamers I've used were piloted. Feed rate will of course be slower and probably getting rid of chips will make for more in and outs :-)
There was an article in the American Rifleman, in 1950, that talked about "D' reamers for chambering reamers and I gather that the major complaint was that they were slow cutting, which shouldn't be a problem for a one off.
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