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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: acnewman55 on November 17, 2014, 03:28:20 PM

Title: Anyone in King county have .223 Rem Headspace Gauges to loan?
Post by: acnewman55 on November 17, 2014, 03:28:20 PM: Finishing up my first AR build in .223 Wylde.

I need to check the headspace with go/nogo gauges.

Not planning to build another in 223/556 so I'd rather not spend the $60 on a set.

Anyone in greater Seattle area have a set I could borrow?

I'll pay in a six-pack of beer of your choice! Or in .22 lr ammo
Title: Re: Anyone in King county have .223 Rem Headspace Gauges to loan?
Post by: h20hunter on November 17, 2014, 03:35:04 PM: Pm sent....mine is .223
Title: Re: Anyone in King county have .223 Rem Headspace Gauges to loan?
Post by: Biggerhammer on November 17, 2014, 09:22:14 PM: I can't even count the .223 & 5.56 AR uppers I have built over the years and I have never used a "Go" or "No Go" gauge. never had a single issue.
Title: Re: Anyone in King county have .223 Rem Headspace Gauges to loan?
Post by: acnewman55 on November 19, 2014, 12:37:27 PM: Quote from: Biggerhammer on November 17, 2014, 09:22:14 PM
I can't even count the .223 & 5.56 AR uppers I have built over the years and I have never used a "Go" or "No Go" gauge. never had a single issue.

Does that include builds with barrels + bolts from separate manufacturers?
Title: Re: Anyone in King county have .223 Rem Headspace Gauges to loan?
Post by: Biggerhammer on November 19, 2014, 02:03:00 PM: Yes.... Many different manufacturers. I've used complete bolt carrier groups from Stag, Rainier Arms, DPMS and a AIM NIB complete bolt carrier group with the same 5.56 upper. Never a issue, a bolt would have to be out of spec or a chamber. Then it would be a manufacturers issue and they would correct the part bolt/chamber. If they are all within production spec and pass QC then very rarely is there ever a issue.
Title: Re: Anyone in King county have .223 Rem Headspace Gauges to loan?
Post by: FALFire on November 21, 2014, 06:00:50 AM: Yep, same here, never needed to check headspace on the barrel/bolt combo from various manufactures. Built a few in the past 20 years and never had one single issue.
Title: Re: Anyone in King county have .223 Rem Headspace Gauges to loan?
Post by: kingmountain on November 21, 2014, 07:23:07 AM: Try this company. http://www.reamerrentals.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=35 (http://www.reamerrentals.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=35)
Title: Re: Anyone in King county have .223 Rem Headspace Gauges to loan?
Post by: acnewman55 on November 21, 2014, 03:53:46 PM: Quote from: kingmountain on November 21, 2014, 07:23:07 AM
Try this company. http://www.reamerrentals.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=35 (http://www.reamerrentals.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=35)

Cool concept - poor execution.

$7 to rent the headspace gauges.
$24 for shipping USPS Priority.

That's more than the cost of one of the gauges. Guess I'll just risk it.