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Old June 22, 2008, 10:27 PM   #14
Smokin_Gun
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Measure the chambers it's worth it

[QUOTE][ have two Piettas and neither one will shave lead with a .451. The Cabela's manual says .451 but the Pietta manual says .454 I use .454 in mine./QUOTE]

Never said you couldn't use .454 in place of .451's ...what I said was don't just pess a.457 ball in any ol rev. I did also say measure your chambers first, rthen let common sense and particular judgement take over for you.
Shaved rings of .001" to .003" are perfect.
(.454-.451=.003;.457-.454=.003)

I have an ASP Rem and a Euroarms Rem that have a deep chamfer to the chambers and don't usually make a ring with .457 balls.

Measure the chambers it's worth it. Then do the math...

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