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November 29, 2017, 11:02 AM | #26 |
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He said: "It came with half a dozen boxes of .225 Win, and that's what I've been putting through it."
The .218 business is a red herring, arising from the Internet Era's failure to distinguish between bore and groove diameter. It may well have a .218" BORE but the groove diameter is much most likely .223"+. Sako once sent out some seriously undersize barrels in American calibers in their early days in the market, and pressures were high. The OP does not describe anything like that and I doubt we will see any such when he shows us pictures of fired cases. |
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The mistake was not removing the 218 markings before restamping 225.
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December 16, 2017, 04:15 AM | #28 |
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What if the "8" was a poorly done "9". Could that be an 219 Improved Zipper? There was a kinship noted between the Improved Zipper and 225 back in the day.
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The .225 ammo works well, so the .218Imp stamping is irrelevant.
.218 land diameter; .224 (probably, give or take a thousandth) groove diameter. |
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December 16, 2017, 06:23 PM | #31 |
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Well I am going to say
Why the heck didn't my relatives leave me such a neat rifle!!!. Best of luck with that 1885 Highwall, just keep the barrel and action clean, reload for it, and all will be well.
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December 16, 2017, 10:01 PM | #32 |
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What do the fired cases look like? Pictures of these cases would be helpful. My best guess is those marks had meaning to maker and owner. For these rest of us it's still a guess.
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December 17, 2017, 03:19 PM | #33 |
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"What if the "8" was a poorly done "9". Could that be an 219 Improved Zipper? There was a kinship noted between the Improved Zipper and 225 back in the day."
I'm inclined to agree with this comment. I expanded the picture as much as my computer would allow and frankly, I believe it looks more like a buggered up 9 than an 8. Paul B.
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December 17, 2017, 09:38 PM | #34 |
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Very cool. I know next to nothing about any of the possible chambers in play here, but slugging the bore is pretty quick and easy and would answer a lot of the questions. I for one would like to see a side-by-side picture with fired and unfired cases.
One of the things to keep in mind is that the names we see on the internet and in print for old custom chambers often don't line up with what the gunsmiths stamp on the barrels. I have what is commonly called a 257 Roberts Ackley Improved. I bought it cheap because the "257 Rem Imp" stamped on the barrel left a lot of questions as to what the chamber really was. If ammo/components/dies start looking expensive, you may find you'd be able to enjoy it more with a new barrel on it after your current supply runs dry. |
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