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HEADSPACE GAUGES QUESTION
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1456210" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>It is fun to build tools but the cost of buying a precision ground one, limits my desire to build them. I found the same thing when I started building my own dies. So I stopped on everything but Wildcats where delivery was slow and they were costly.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't recommend hardening them (Not needed and lots harder than the chamber. When closing the bolt on a head space gauge, I don't recommend applying any force to the bolt handle and also pre engauge the head space gauge in the extractor while inserting the gauge in the chamber. and always remove the ejector plunger.</p><p></p><p>Some gauges are shorter or longer depending on there need (Like the AI gauges,but i still believe that using the standard head space gauge is best and safest. and adding shims to achieve the desired head</p><p>space.</p><p></p><p>I have even ground .004 thousandths off a standard go gauge to use for a AI chamber, But then engraved AI in big letters so it would not be used for any other chamber.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1456210, member: 2736"] It is fun to build tools but the cost of buying a precision ground one, limits my desire to build them. I found the same thing when I started building my own dies. So I stopped on everything but Wildcats where delivery was slow and they were costly. I wouldn't recommend hardening them (Not needed and lots harder than the chamber. When closing the bolt on a head space gauge, I don't recommend applying any force to the bolt handle and also pre engauge the head space gauge in the extractor while inserting the gauge in the chamber. and always remove the ejector plunger. Some gauges are shorter or longer depending on there need (Like the AI gauges,but i still believe that using the standard head space gauge is best and safest. and adding shims to achieve the desired head space. I have even ground .004 thousandths off a standard go gauge to use for a AI chamber, But then engraved AI in big letters so it would not be used for any other chamber. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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