Something completely unrelated to the current topic.
I bought a Single 7 a while back and really enjoy shooting it. I have been drooling over the Henry carbine set to come out soon so that I can have a companion to the S7. However, price puts it a bit out of reach with future home renovations needing funded. An idea started forming in my head. I have a Ruger M77 in 30-06 that rarely gets used, its a very nice gun, Leupold scope, ported barrel, very nice walnut...its just not used much.
I'm sure most of you are aware of MCA Sports (
http://www.mcace.com/adapters.htm) chamber adapters. They are a semi-permanent way of making certain guns capable of shooting something of lower power. They sell an adapter for the 30-06, chambered for the .32 H&R Mag. A .327 mag chamber reamer from Pacific Tool is around $150.
You know where I'm going with this...Why couldn't I ream the chamber of the adapter and then fix it into my 30-06 and make my very own .327 mag rifle? I emailed MCA with this very question. The response? "the adapter will split in the first few shots." That's it..no explanation or reasoning.
Needless to say I'm not satisfied with my answer. I'm not sure how extraction would work in a bolt gun, obviously I'd be feeding cartridges in single shot.
Any thoughts? Should I leave it alone and move on? Or should I satisfy my curiosity and risk the loss of a $30 adapter?