.510 Wells Express chamber reamer(s), where?

[.510 Wells Express]

Using a 30 years old Weatherby Mk 5 in .460 Wby mag.
Firing mostly hard cast bullets, of Saeco design, a 540 GC cast slug, a bore-riding design.
Accuracy fair, 4 to 6 inches at 110 yds, but some yawing, - slightly oval entry holes at target.

My old Mk 5 feature a considerable amount of freebore, (reduced some by Weatherby for more recent chamberings in this caliber, I recon). Extensive reebore is not beneficial for cast slugs, I think.

A stockmaker supplied a custom thumbhole stock made of laminated heavy hardwood (in the rough) for this rifle. I may want to rebarrel the rifle for the .510 Wells Express wildcat cartridge, - designed/constructed by gunsmith Fred Wells, Arizona.

I prefer the .510 Wells Express over the .500 A-Square, due to the considerably longer neck of the Wells design. The longer neck is favourable for cast boolits, i believe.
The .510 Wells is simply the .460 Wby necked up to .510, - and new cases in .460 Weatherby mag are readily available from Norma, and are fairly priced.

Difficult to find a supplier for chamber reamer(s) in .510 Wells Express caliber.
Does anyone know where i may buy (or eventually borrow) reamer(s)? New, or used?

Have mailed some makers of reamers in the US, and Europa, - no response yet ...

Appreciate any info for a supplier of reamer(s).


Best regards.

 

[Grumpy gumpy]

Isn’t the weatherby case belted and the wells case belt less, I could go over to the shed and find my dummy cases, but it’s dark and I’m cooking dinner. One of my gunsmith friends has brass(where I got my dummy case from) and reamer, but as I’m most likely on the other side of the planet to you it doesn’t help much.
Gumpy

Also, isn’t it just a long necked 505gibbs that shoots a 510 pill?

 

[Grumpy gumpy]

Just looked it up, the wells is a reformed 460 weatherby case, so has a belt, now I’m wondering what the case I’ve got is, of coarse it’s raining now and the shed is 200 mtrs away. I’ll try to find out later
Gumpy

 

[krish]

Try pacific tools and gauges (PTG)
OR Ch4D.
Krish

 

[BlueFlyer]

Does anyone know where i may buy (or eventually borrow) reamer(s)? New, or used?

I had my 416/348Ackley Improved reamers made by Pacific Tool & Gauge. They were very helpful and the quality was excellent, but not quick to deliver. I sent Emails and followed up with phone calls. At least they are on the West coast so the time difference was not too bad. Looks like the 510 Wells is a custom job. They were 2/3 the cost of other quotes I received.

 

[.510 Wells Express]

Just looked it up, the wells is a reformed 460 weatherby case, so has a belt, now I’m wondering what the case I’ve got is, of coarse it’s raining now and the shed is 200 mtrs away. I’ll try to find out later
Gumpy

I appreciate your response, "Grumpy", - from "down under". (Australia?)

You are right, there aint no such thing as a "rimless" .510 Wells Express.

If the friend of your do not inted to reload the . 510 Wells cases, I may purchase those cases.

But even more desireable is the REAMER for the .510 Wells! Or even two reamers, a "rougher" and a "finisher".

Because I got this answer from Clymer:

"Sir,
Thank you for your interest in our tooling. Unfortunately, due to our current over extended back log, we cannot quote on your “custom” project at this time as we cannot accurately forecast it’s lead time.

Best regards,
Staff

CLYMER Precision, Inc."
- - -
You wrote: "the other side of the planet", you may have interpreted that from my less than perfect written english?
Well, then: "Parden my english".