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Headspcing with once fired brass
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1127346" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>Can't say whether it's safe to fire or not as you're doing the 'work, no one else. You can set a barrel in that manner. But, as mentioned above, you could be transfering Bad to Bad. The <strong><em>only</em></strong> method that deserves the discription "head spacing", is when hardened steel gauge(s) are used. Brass can compress, so can tape,,, you'd have to get pretty rough with hardened steel gauges to compress. More likely, you'd stretch the barrel before compressing a gauge. What you used is a 'poor mans method". Works for some, others have problems. A FL sized casing is smaller than the minimum head space dimention. Think about it, a cartridge has to be slightly smaller than the chamber you're putting it in. A round piece of steel that's exactly 1" in diameter will have an interference fit in a hole that is exactly 1" in diameter. When you do your own work, the decision "is it safe to fire?" is on you, know one else. There's no substitute for proper instruction, and the internet is no place to get that!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1127346, member: 24284"] Can't say whether it's safe to fire or not as you're doing the 'work, no one else. You can set a barrel in that manner. But, as mentioned above, you could be transfering Bad to Bad. The [B][I]only[/I][/B] method that deserves the discription "head spacing", is when hardened steel gauge(s) are used. Brass can compress, so can tape,,, you'd have to get pretty rough with hardened steel gauges to compress. More likely, you'd stretch the barrel before compressing a gauge. What you used is a 'poor mans method". Works for some, others have problems. A FL sized casing is smaller than the minimum head space dimention. Think about it, a cartridge has to be slightly smaller than the chamber you're putting it in. A round piece of steel that's exactly 1" in diameter will have an interference fit in a hole that is exactly 1" in diameter. When you do your own work, the decision "is it safe to fire?" is on you, know one else. There's no substitute for proper instruction, and the internet is no place to get that! [/QUOTE]
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