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Headspace problem?
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<blockquote data-quote="BountyHunter" data-source="post: 315497" data-attributes="member: 12"><p>What do factory loads do when fired?</p><p> </p><p>PTG sells head space gauges for around $30 or so, but your smith should have used them. </p><p> </p><p>You can use masking tape for the shim. Measure the thickness first of a strip.</p><p> </p><p>Most chamber reamers are not cut short where a case would be too long and never seen that much stretch on one firing to make them touch, but could happen.</p><p> </p><p>Why do you suspect headspace? </p><p> </p><p>You will get stretch on the shoulder and it will move forward up to the chamber limit, but that should not be the cause of hard bolt lift. you have the same thing happen in any other chamber and barring some other issue, that does not cause hard bolt lift.</p><p> </p><p>Bolt timing could be an issue also.</p><p> </p><p>BH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BountyHunter, post: 315497, member: 12"] What do factory loads do when fired? PTG sells head space gauges for around $30 or so, but your smith should have used them. You can use masking tape for the shim. Measure the thickness first of a strip. Most chamber reamers are not cut short where a case would be too long and never seen that much stretch on one firing to make them touch, but could happen. Why do you suspect headspace? You will get stretch on the shoulder and it will move forward up to the chamber limit, but that should not be the cause of hard bolt lift. you have the same thing happen in any other chamber and barring some other issue, that does not cause hard bolt lift. Bolt timing could be an issue also. BH [/QUOTE]
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