Headspace for off the shelf ammo - 6.5 creedmoor

This whole back and forth brought back a memory for me...... At one point in my life I planned on being a welder. I wanted to get into TIG pipe fitting/welding, and even went as far as to get certified in all position pipe TIG welding at a local College. The teacher that I had was a brilliant welder, it seemed that he could pretty much do any weld and it came out perfect. One evening I asked him a question about welding dissimilar metals with a certain kind of rod......his answer was "You can do anything if you don't know better..... once you know, you won't be able to do it anymore." Basically saying, it will work most of the time, but once you see it fail, you won't do it anymore.

I think this pretty much sums up the two sides to this argument. I am NOT a gunsmith, though I tinker on my own stuff, and I may not always use the right tool, or the right process, but it's on my own stuff which I feel comfortable with. Just because it works for me doesn't mean I'll advocate others to follow in my path! Lots of budget builds going on, and it seems like a guy could fit the price of gauges into the budget......especially when they could be resold after use?

As a side note, I bought the correct rod and welded my project up.........might have cost me a few bucks, but it was cheap education and his quote has popped in my head many times, I'm sure saving me some grief!

 

How do you know the go and no go test fine?

 

If you want a tight chamber you set it to tight side of the go gauge, that's it. If the go gauge go's, then any saami spec factory round "should" chamber, that's what the specs are for. As mentioned, most factory brass is set back from that so it will still chamber in a minimum spec chamber. If you head space to that brass, your likely not in saami specs.
I don't care what you do with your rifle at all, and I'm not being argumentative.
I just don't understand the point unless you don't care that your rifle is out of saami spec, which then I would understand that your trying to create a situation that most can only achieve with proper reloading practices. Like most, I shoot for about a .002 "bump".
Given the fact that any factory ammo should chamber in "tight" saami spec chamber, if you want to get close to .002-.003 head space with factory ammo, your likely going to be out of spec. I don't see how you can have them both.
I get what your getting at, and do see the point. I could also see how it could potentially cause problems, especially if the rifle ended up with a new owner.

If you set your head space to your brass, and your go gauge go's, I would have to assume your brass is out of spec due to the fact that if you set your chamber back at all from there, your brass would not chamber.

I'm not going to jump on you about your attitude, because I don't always have great attitude either, but you come across a bit abrasive, which I have found is not well received around here. Good luck with it.

 

Nmbarta pretty much summed up my feelings......

 

So basically you're saying if you had used the proper SAAMI gauges from the start that off the shelf ammo wouldn't fit? Or just that it would've been a boring video that wouldn't have gotten any views?

 

How much longer than go is the chamber in that rifle in the video?

 

i got an idea for safety reason's just use the go/ no-go gauges, and headspace tight on the go gauge. all factory ammo will feed, and shoot fine.