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HEADSPACE GUAGES

rlfcjfrlfcjf Member Posts: 310 ✭✭✭
edited June 2002 in Ask the Experts
THOUGHTS ABOUT DAVE MANISON GAUGES AND FORSTER AND CLYMER GAUGES

ALSO IN BROWNELLS CATALOG UNDER FORSTER AND CLYMER GAUGES ALONG WITH
THE GO AND NO GO GAUGES IS ONE CALLED (FIELD) WHAT IS THAT ALL
ABOUT.
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,036 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ALL OF THE MAKERS LISTED ARE GOOD. YOU USE GO/NO-GO GAUGES WHEN YOU REBARREL A FIREARM, YOU USE A FIELD GUAGE WHEN YOU CHECK A FIREARM FOE SAFTEY. JUST BECAUSE A FIREARM WILL CLOSE ON A NO-GO GAUGE DOES'T MEAN IT IS UNSAFE TO FIRE, ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE AS ACCURATE (PRESICE). IF A FIREARM CLOSES ON A FIELD GAUGE IT HAS EXCESSIVE HEAD SPACE AND SHOULD NOT BE FIRED. FOR MOST CALIBERS THE GO GAUGE IS .000", NO-GO +.004" AND FIELD +.010".
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,036 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ALL OF THE MAKERS LISTED ARE GOOD. YOU USE GO/NO-GO GAUGES WHEN YOU REBARREL A FIREARM, YOU USE A FIELD GUAGE WHEN YOU CHECK A FIREARM FOE SAFTEY. JUST BECAUSE A FIREARM WILL CLOSE ON A NO-GO GAUGE DOES'T MEAN IT IS UNSAFE TO FIRE, ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE AS ACCURATE (PRESICE). IF A FIREARM CLOSES ON A FIELD GAUGE IT HAS EXCESSIVE HEAD SPACE AND SHOULD NOT BE FIRED. FOR MOST CALIBERS THE GO GAUGE IS .000", NO-GO +.004" AND FIELD +.010".
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