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Help, excessive headspace question
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<blockquote data-quote="MagnumManiac" data-source="post: 852692" data-attributes="member: 10755"><p>If I read this correctly, the bolt should NOT close on a no-go gauge, that's what it's intended to do, tell you the headspace is too long.</p><p>What it measures in some gauge that's used for measuring fired/unfired cases is irrelevant, if again I read this correctly, I'm unsure as to what you measured.</p><p></p><p>The simple answer is if the bolt closes on the no-go gauge, then the headspace is dangerously long and needs to be rectified BEFORE you fire any more ammunition in that rifle, setting the barrel back by trimming the barrel shoulder is probably the only way to rectify this and get the headspace correct. I would try to get it at it'minimum or .002" above min spec for good case life.</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p><p>gun)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnumManiac, post: 852692, member: 10755"] If I read this correctly, the bolt should NOT close on a no-go gauge, that's what it's intended to do, tell you the headspace is too long. What it measures in some gauge that's used for measuring fired/unfired cases is irrelevant, if again I read this correctly, I'm unsure as to what you measured. The simple answer is if the bolt closes on the no-go gauge, then the headspace is dangerously long and needs to be rectified BEFORE you fire any more ammunition in that rifle, setting the barrel back by trimming the barrel shoulder is probably the only way to rectify this and get the headspace correct. I would try to get it at it'minimum or .002" above min spec for good case life. Cheers. gun) [/QUOTE]
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