CLYMER - Rifle T-Handle

Used this to hand ream a .35 Whelen chamber. It worked perfectly with the reamer and there was no play at all.

This reamer t-handle does do what it is designed to do but is surprisingly crude coming from a company that makes precision reamers. The hole that receives the reamer was incredibly rough and chatter-y like it was drilled with a dull bit, and wasn’t deburred around the open end. The set screw hole had to be deburred on the inside before a reamer could be fully inserted or the set screw could be run fully in to secure the reamer, and the t-handle was off-center by nearly three eights of an inch. The stock it was made from was fairly scratched as if it had received a bit of rough handling, but I’m guessing these are made from scrap bar ends from the reamer production, so I understand that. Just a bit crude, though, and only completely functional after a little finishing on my part. Clymer’s reamers and headspace gauges, however, are second to none, and this handle was inexpensive enough.

Arrived RUSTED (water in the bag?), and missing set screw. No big deal - I cleaned it, made a set screw and a couple bushings to keep it in line and it worked just fine. It's just a nice straight steel rod with appropriate holes - simplest things usually work the best.