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20nickels:
I have a tight throated or chambered "National Match", whatever that means, 9mm EFK pistol barrel.  I'd like to ream it to a more standard spec for combat pistol matches.  Anybody have one or know of a gunsmith that has one?  Tks. ahead.  Clinton.

RLMoeller:
Are you having issues with the barrel as it is?

20nickels:

--- Quote from: RLMoeller on June 27, 2014, 06:52:29 PM ---Are you having issues with the barrel as it is?

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Hello,
Yes, It will not chamber (plunk test) a perfectly handcrafted Lyman truncated cone @ 1.016 oal @ .357".  I need to squish it down past SAAMI specs (.999) to get it to go flush at the breach.   The pistol will not go into battery every 10 rds or so @ 1.016.  This is the bullet I want to use in all my 9mms.  EFK stated somewhere that their barrels are .002" tighter but I can't find it now.  Whatever theoretical accuracy I may be gaining from this is not worth it.

RLMoeller:
You are using .357 diameter bullets rather than .355?  Sounds like it is engaging the rifling, based on your comment on OAL.   

20nickels:

--- Quote from: RLMoeller on June 27, 2014, 07:50:50 PM ---You are using .357 diameter bullets rather than .355?  Sounds like it is engaging the rifling, based on your comment on OAL.   


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Engaging the throat.  Cast boolits do best one or two thous over bore.  Truncated cone bullets are known offenders to tight chambers.  What I don't get is the Glock barrel just swallows it and both barrels are .358 @ the throat when I slug them.  Must be the taper of the throat?  Discussions like this are driving me.
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