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Tikka 6.5 PRC build
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<blockquote data-quote="25WSM" data-source="post: 2010569" data-attributes="member: 38048"><p>And if your guages show the chamber is off then you still need a smith to reset the headspace. I myself haven't seen a Tikka be off enough to matter if the prefit has the chamber correct depth. And if your chamber ends up being even .010 too deep just fireform and set your dies up correct and it's a non issue. If it's too short take a little off your sizing die and size cases to fit. Guys do this all the time with older military actions that have excess headspace. Is it perfect, no it's not. Is it dangerous, no it's not. Will it work, yes it will. So it's up to you whether or not you want perfect or do you want something that will work. If you want perfect take it to a good smith. If you might want more barrels down the road have him write down what the head space is and you can give that number to any smith and he can cut you a prefit that is proper. Or when you take the barrel off you can measure your shank length and the protrusion of your go guage from the shank end. Or just measure from the shoulder to back of go guage. These measurements are all that's needed to make a new barrel fit your action. If I were getting a prefit I would take off the barrel and measure from the action face to the bolt face. Do this in several spots on the bolt face. This measurement given to your prefit company will help make sure your new prefit headspaces correctly.</p><p>Shep</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="25WSM, post: 2010569, member: 38048"] And if your guages show the chamber is off then you still need a smith to reset the headspace. I myself haven't seen a Tikka be off enough to matter if the prefit has the chamber correct depth. And if your chamber ends up being even .010 too deep just fireform and set your dies up correct and it's a non issue. If it's too short take a little off your sizing die and size cases to fit. Guys do this all the time with older military actions that have excess headspace. Is it perfect, no it's not. Is it dangerous, no it's not. Will it work, yes it will. So it's up to you whether or not you want perfect or do you want something that will work. If you want perfect take it to a good smith. If you might want more barrels down the road have him write down what the head space is and you can give that number to any smith and he can cut you a prefit that is proper. Or when you take the barrel off you can measure your shank length and the protrusion of your go guage from the shank end. Or just measure from the shoulder to back of go guage. These measurements are all that's needed to make a new barrel fit your action. If I were getting a prefit I would take off the barrel and measure from the action face to the bolt face. Do this in several spots on the bolt face. This measurement given to your prefit company will help make sure your new prefit headspaces correctly. Shep [/QUOTE]
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