When we bought that lathe it did need some work. It definitely had been used a lot, and used hard. But we got it so cheap (and with a lot of tooling), it was worth it. Lots of people don't have room for a machine that size so sometimes you can get a deal. We stripped it down and cleaned everything up good, replaced a few worn out parts here and there, and it runs great now. It has a few little things a guy needs to know about to get the accuracy out of it but no biggie.
Good work and great story!
I am surprised that you can get that much accuracy out of that large of a lathe. I always think of the big heavy lathes as work horses that have been worked hard and “put away wet”!
As far as 527’s go, I love them!
My two are a 12 twist American in 223 and an American in .204 Ruger
My drag around rifle in .223 is the Ruger American Compact. I am a farmer and that Compact is my truck and tractor rifle.
Three 44s
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