This recurring subject never ceases to amaze me.

People go out and buy rifles for $500 to $1000 and slap scopes ($200 to $1000) on top and then anguish over whether to spend $50 for a proper set of clambering gauges. How much did you spend for that custom barrel you want to swap?

Yes, you can follow the scotch tape school of gunsmithing, but remember there are no SAAMI specs for scotch tape. A couple of layers of various brands of transparent tape can vary as much as .002".

Yes, you can use a sized case to set headspace, but remember brass is an elastic material and depending upon the length of the cartridge it can "spring back" as much as .002".

Yes, you can probably use a properly trimmed popsickle stick, but remember wooden popsickle sticks can shrink and grow with the humidity.

Yes, I am a certified cranky obsessive compulsive Old Fart who has a drawer full of Go and No Go gauges

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