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Gunsmithing
head space or bolt face
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<blockquote data-quote="kraigwy" data-source="post: 237070" data-attributes="member: 12597"><p>Head space measuring varies with the type of case. Bottle neck cases headspace on the shoulder. Rimmed cases on the rim. Belted cases headspace on the belt. Straight wall cases headspace on the mouth of the case. As with any rule there are exceptions. An example, 30-30s normally, being a rimmed case head spaces on the rim, but in the TC, it headspaces on the shoulder.</p><p> </p><p>Most of the guns I've built were target guns and had rather tight chambers. I cut the chamber on a lathe until the bolt lacks about 1/8 of an inch of closing. Then by hand until it closes firmly.</p><p> </p><p>I think if I was gonna build a straight hunting rifle, I'd loosen it up a bit but still just bearly accepting the Go Gage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kraigwy, post: 237070, member: 12597"] Head space measuring varies with the type of case. Bottle neck cases headspace on the shoulder. Rimmed cases on the rim. Belted cases headspace on the belt. Straight wall cases headspace on the mouth of the case. As with any rule there are exceptions. An example, 30-30s normally, being a rimmed case head spaces on the rim, but in the TC, it headspaces on the shoulder. Most of the guns I've built were target guns and had rather tight chambers. I cut the chamber on a lathe until the bolt lacks about 1/8 of an inch of closing. Then by hand until it closes firmly. I think if I was gonna build a straight hunting rifle, I'd loosen it up a bit but still just bearly accepting the Go Gage. [/QUOTE]
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