Standardized Shotshell dimensions.

[Bill Murphy]

Dean, you beat me to it. Hayes' rim cutter may be the pre 1906 model. I hope Edgar isn't too proud to ask me who I borrowed one from. He's a great guy and would be willing to lend it out again. By the way, its a full chamber and forcing cone reamer in one. I checked the price and you don't want to buy one.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Dean, you beat me to it. Hayes' rim cutter may be the pre 1906 model. I hope Edgar isn't too proud to ask me who I borrowed one from. He's a great guy and would be willing to lend it out again. By the way, its a full chamber and forcing cone reamer in one. I checked the price and you don't want to buy one.

Does the tool with the chamber reamer actually lengthen the chambers significantly or only to the few thousandths that it deepens the rim recess?






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[edgarspencer]

Dean, It was my understanding that the chamber and forcing cone were cut separately from the rim recess. The original Parker tools cut the rim only, so going in with a modern tool would only just contact the original chamber when the rim portion of the tool had gone in sufficiently. The original Parker tool came with a go/no-go gauge. I am not planning on cutting the rim face, just the diameter. We're only talking about .0025" (.005 on the diameter)