Good news Joel!

If you have not already done so, you now need to acquire a length of 1/4"x24tpi (or 6mm x 1) threaded rod with 2 nuts that is long enough to reach from the muzzle right down to the block face when the action is closed, and still leave a bit sticking out of the muzzle for the two nuts. This is going to be used as a simple, but very effective "depth gauge" for checking head clearance (NOT headspace!) and establishing the seating depth and appropriate load for your cartridges. Let me know when you are ready, and I will then prepare and send the next instalment of this saga.

As soon as you have time to post some pics of the muzzle end of the bore, we can consider whether a recrowning is a) unnecessary b) advisable or c) unavoidable. But regardless of the conclusions, you will be able to try out the rifle as it is. The first time with new cartridges for BPCRs is anyway more for fire-forming than for accuracy!

Patrick