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Headspace gauge
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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 620732" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p>Headspace gages are steel cylinders to chamber in the firearm. What you're asking about is a cartridge gage that measures fired cases to the shoulder. </p><p> </p><p>You are basically right, FL sizing generally insures our ammo falls within normal SAAMI standards for all rifles ever chambered in that round so we really don't "need" such a gage. But if we have one, and use it correctly, we can set bottle neck shoulders back to the fired location - or a tad less for autoloaders - so as to custom fit our ammo to actually match our specific rifle. It's a matter of craftsmanship; it's part of the difference between making 'reloads' and 'handloading'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 620732, member: 9215"] Headspace gages are steel cylinders to chamber in the firearm. What you're asking about is a cartridge gage that measures fired cases to the shoulder. You are basically right, FL sizing generally insures our ammo falls within normal SAAMI standards for all rifles ever chambered in that round so we really don't "need" such a gage. But if we have one, and use it correctly, we can set bottle neck shoulders back to the fired location - or a tad less for autoloaders - so as to custom fit our ammo to actually match our specific rifle. It's a matter of craftsmanship; it's part of the difference between making 'reloads' and 'handloading'. [/QUOTE]
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