Need to borrow headspace guage
Hi everyone. I am putting a heavy barrel on my 111 .300 win mag. I am in the Marine Corps and stationed in New Jersey. I was wondering if anyone could loan me a set of headspace go/no-go guages...or tell me how to set headspace without them. This is my new project rifle! I've had it for about 5 years, and it looks sort of sad sitting next to my 10FCP-K in .308, so I decided to build it up all purty like!! Anyway, any help would be appreciated!!
-Joel
The No thrills headspaceing.
Start by taking the firing pin out of your bolt. I would use a live round (with no firing pin and spring) Put you barrel on lose put the round in the bolt face, close the bolt. Now turn the barrel in more tightly open and close the bolt several times you want to feel Resistance from the bolt but just a little. tighten there. (You may want to get a piece of shim stock .005 thick and put it between the bolt face and the round) (A piece of pop can works also) at this point the bolt should not close. If it does just tighten again on the round adding a little more resistance. test fire the gun and check the brass for problems. Of all the rifles built the savage is the easy one of them all to head space..