What's a reamer cost?
On the average a custom reamer is give or take about $200.00. Depending on the shoulder placement as compared to the parent cartridge it could include the cost of a "Go" and "No Go" gauge. $40.0 or so each.
So to set up to chamber a wildcat could cost you. $280.00 plus just in a reamer and gauges.
The cost of the reamer that broke isn't the issue to the wildcatter. It's the set back! It's the aggravation of some of us do it right all day every frikn day & or close.. Why can't they!? A company can only screw up so much.
Sorry wasn't trying to suggest that it was the price of the reamer that caused the issue. I was curious about it as I might eventually want to go this route.
Sorry if I side tracked your post Yorken. Hopefully they make it right with you.
NWShooter pretty much nailed it. When you spend 14+ months waiting to accumulate parts for a project, there's nothing more irritating than being bumped back again because of bad tooling. Now, it's not just the time to get a new tool made but also getting bumped back on the work list of an already busy smith. Waiting for PTG to crank out a new reamer could set this back another 6-8 weeks minimum.
I spoke with the smith again today and he's already working with PTG to see about fast tracking a replacement reamer. If the time line on that isn't too bad I may still be saved from having to use anything with a Nosler head stamp.
It's going to be another example of PTG making an error, and then going above and beyond to do damage control.
In my business experiences, it's always cheaper and easier to focus on getting the job done right the first time. Having good customer service or warranties are great, but if every customer gets to experience it then maybe it's time to step the QC (cough, cough, VORTEX, cough, cough).
