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I'm pondering the idea of putting a .358 barrel on a No. 4 Lee-Enfield, and chambering it for the .35 Remington rimmed. I'm wondering what gunsmsithing and reloading problems I might encounter.
I'm considering the conversion because the short case length of the .35 Rem and the longer length of a standard .303 Lee-Enfield magazine would allow me to load long, heavy cast bullets, without seating them into the powder space.
I'm assuming I can do my relaoding with a .303 or .30-40 shell holder and .35 Rem dies. Correct? Or, will the dies have to be modified?
Since either the Krag or .303 cases are so much longer thant he .35 Remington, would forming cases with a long neck be do-able? I suppose they'd have to be neck reamed anyway. Would the standard .35 Remington dies work, if I go with the longer length neck? Or, is would they have to be modified? I'm considering this as a heavy cast bullet rifle, and think a longer case neck might be a plus. It would at least keep all the grease grooves covered.
When it comes to chambering the rifle, will a standard .35 Rem reamer be sufficient? What if I decide to go with a longer case neck, will some other standard reamer lengthen the .35 chamber enough to handle one?
My goal is to get this done without the need to buy custom reamers or dies, if that's possible. If it's not, to get it done with only a minimum spent on non-standard items. If I can't, I'll consider going all the way, and trying a .35/303 Epps, or something like that.
What do y'all think?
I'm considering the conversion because the short case length of the .35 Rem and the longer length of a standard .303 Lee-Enfield magazine would allow me to load long, heavy cast bullets, without seating them into the powder space.
I'm assuming I can do my relaoding with a .303 or .30-40 shell holder and .35 Rem dies. Correct? Or, will the dies have to be modified?
Since either the Krag or .303 cases are so much longer thant he .35 Remington, would forming cases with a long neck be do-able? I suppose they'd have to be neck reamed anyway. Would the standard .35 Remington dies work, if I go with the longer length neck? Or, is would they have to be modified? I'm considering this as a heavy cast bullet rifle, and think a longer case neck might be a plus. It would at least keep all the grease grooves covered.
When it comes to chambering the rifle, will a standard .35 Rem reamer be sufficient? What if I decide to go with a longer case neck, will some other standard reamer lengthen the .35 chamber enough to handle one?
My goal is to get this done without the need to buy custom reamers or dies, if that's possible. If it's not, to get it done with only a minimum spent on non-standard items. If I can't, I'll consider going all the way, and trying a .35/303 Epps, or something like that.
What do y'all think?