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.500 Nitro tinkering….
Saturday, August 30, 2025, 09:46

I love the cool barrel and they are pretty rare. My frame had some fittment issues and couldn’t open wide enough to insert cartridges. After MUCH looking and figuring I decided to take a few thousandths off the front of the lug, between the barrel and that shelf. The cam ejector tip lives there too so I was careful. Taped up for protection, hand files were used for precise control. Works fine now.

The tapered barrel rifle forend I have is too small for the full bull barrel. What forends (synthetic) are a better fit? I used a shotgun forend once but it used larger thread screws. I’m not sure I want to drill out, re-tap this barrel.

Also I don’t think I’m going to scope this time. Someone always gets dinked. No matter how strong the caution. I’m thinking a cheap red dot on a Weaver type base. It’s just a fun shooter.