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Anything wrong with tight headspace?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dean2" data-source="post: 1779135" data-attributes="member: 26077"><p>This thread has gone completely off track and down the old rabbit hole. The OP asked about tight chambering a 35 Whelen. He was not asking about BR guns, long range competition guns, 18 LB match rifles or anything of the sort. Much of the info provided is fully applicable in those situations but is NOT applicable to a gun used for hunting, particularly dangerous game. </p><p></p><p>Fact remains, on a gun used for hunting, built on a SAMMI spec cartridge, setting a tight headspace serves no functional purpose of any kind and can be a detriment. A gun that feeds 100% reliably is far more important than extracting the last 1/10" in group size or getting the last two firings out of brass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean2, post: 1779135, member: 26077"] This thread has gone completely off track and down the old rabbit hole. The OP asked about tight chambering a 35 Whelen. He was not asking about BR guns, long range competition guns, 18 LB match rifles or anything of the sort. Much of the info provided is fully applicable in those situations but is NOT applicable to a gun used for hunting, particularly dangerous game. Fact remains, on a gun used for hunting, built on a SAMMI spec cartridge, setting a tight headspace serves no functional purpose of any kind and can be a detriment. A gun that feeds 100% reliably is far more important than extracting the last 1/10" in group size or getting the last two firings out of brass. [/QUOTE]
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