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Reloading
Using cases as headspace gauges.
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikecr" data-source="post: 851586" data-attributes="member: 1521"><p>Max Heat be careful not to put a Carriage in front of the horses.</p><p>A barrel finisher uses go/no-go gauges in chamber finishing. With this, they may match his/your chamber specs, or not.</p><p>So will any ole gauges you pick up actually be right for YOUR chamber?</p><p>You might want to be sure.</p><p></p><p>Personally, if I were planning to swap a lot of DIY-headspaced barrels, I'd go ahead and pick up the finish reamer at least, along with HS gages for it. And I'd make sure my barrel finisher used them to match my chamber specs.</p><p></p><p>If you just order a set of 'SAAMI' type gages, and given wiggle room in chambering, you're less likely to meet results desired. JMO..</p><p>That said, there is nothing wrong in setting HS with a shimmed master case. I'm sure there are plenty of Savage gurus who do fine with it. But you might as well expect changes to FF'd brass in doing this.</p><p>Where with matching gages you can get enough precision, even in DIY barrel changes, to keep on using the same brass/die settings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikecr, post: 851586, member: 1521"] Max Heat be careful not to put a Carriage in front of the horses. A barrel finisher uses go/no-go gauges in chamber finishing. With this, they may match his/your chamber specs, or not. So will any ole gauges you pick up actually be right for YOUR chamber? You might want to be sure. Personally, if I were planning to swap a lot of DIY-headspaced barrels, I'd go ahead and pick up the finish reamer at least, along with HS gages for it. And I'd make sure my barrel finisher used them to match my chamber specs. If you just order a set of 'SAAMI' type gages, and given wiggle room in chambering, you're less likely to meet results desired. JMO.. That said, there is nothing wrong in setting HS with a shimmed master case. I'm sure there are plenty of Savage gurus who do fine with it. But you might as well expect changes to FF'd brass in doing this. Where with matching gages you can get enough precision, even in DIY barrel changes, to keep on using the same brass/die settings. [/QUOTE]
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