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Posted: 12/1/2017 5:06:34 PM EDT
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I do not know the TC thread. sorry.
Question: Why not remove the existing barrel, drop a reamer in, and rechamber the same barrel to 260? A lot less work.... Fro |
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Posted: 12/2/2017 5:46:00 AM EDT
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Before I pull it apart i would like to prep the new barrel. Spin the old barrel off, check and blue print the receiver first, then you can slightly over-size the new barrel threads to mate up with the threads you just cleaned up in the receiver to true them with the action. Hence TC, like Rem, mass produces the receivers, so not only may the receiver threads in the receiver not be true with the bore line of the receiver, but the front end of the receiver not true with the bore line of the receiver as well. Hence the Thompson Center Dimension is the receiver that has a barrel socket type receiver for quick change barrel, but the compass is just as standard type thread in barrel type receiver, and it pays huge dividends to true the action before you install a new barrel instead. |
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Posted: 12/2/2017 6:51:09 AM EDT
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Unless the barrel is free...
It's a $250 rifle.. and the 6.5 is hot right now... I'm sure you can sell it and purchase a new one |
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Posted: 12/4/2017 6:59:55 PM EDT
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I do not know the TC thread. sorry. Question: Why not remove the existing barrel, drop a reamer in, and rechamber the same barrel to 260? A lot less work.... Fro Here you go: Sub MOA rifle for less than $200: T/C Compass One of the new owners (MattR) of a Compass rifle decided to paint the stock; here is how it came out:  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/5/2017 12:21:46 AM EDT
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I believe the OP is on the FB group I'm in as this same question was asked and I said the same thing you said. It's more cost effective to buy the rifle you want as the TC rifle is their budget line. Not sure why some folks want to try to reinvent the whee.
You buy a budget rifle for just that budget purposes. If you want a DIY rifle...you get a Savage it's as simple as that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Unless the barrel is free...
It's a $250 rifle.. and the 6.5 is hot right now... I'm sure you can sell it and purchase a new one |
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Posted: 12/5/2017 10:19:09 AM EDT
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RE: reaming the barrel on a Compass:
- I believe it is a melonited / tennifer / nitrided steel barrel - like those used on all Glocks and most budget ARs these days (like the S&W ARs). That technology obviously WORKS and works very well. However, the nitriding process does not go 100% through the steel. Therefore, if you try to re-chamber a Compass, you risk reaming right through the nitrided surface. For OP's purposes, I suggest buying a Savage and re-barreling that. |
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Posted: 12/17/2017 10:41:13 PM EDT
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At minimum measure the action before machining the tenon and threading. Use rages to headspace, too.
You'll be ahead selling the rifle then buying one chambered for .260 Rem. |
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