Freebore on new bbl.

Just received my CBI barrel from Jim @ northland and it looks great! Has anybody that bought one found the freebore to be short? I tried to check seating depth on a 6.5 140gr Sierra spitzer in my 260AI chamber, and it requires seating the bullet really deep! Any way, going to either send it off to a smith, or i am considering getting a tool from PTG to lengthen the freebore by hand......but don't want to mess it up...has anybody had any experience doing this, or am i better off to let a smith do it? Who do you guys suggest to do the work? Thanks, rsbhunter

Don't lengthen the free bore by hand you are looking at a very good chance at running it to deep, not straight, or you could damage it. Especially for what a throating reamer cost you can send it off for about half of what the tool cost.

Well, just sent it off to be fluted and have the freebore lengthened....shipping is getting high!!!! UPS ran $29.00....Oh well. it's only money!!!! At least it's taken care of....rsbhunter