Some days you shouldn't bother waking up.

[muffett.2008]

I must be going to have a bad hair day today, I know my painlevels are up and I tend to get a bit snappy.
Checking on another forum and lo and behold, HEADSPACE.
That same old question, can I just use a field gauge? don't you just feel like smacking them around the ears? no wonder I've got a flat forehead, I'll bet SON has spotted this too.
Maybe we should'nt need gauges at all, after all, with 'O' rings and tape and stretchy brass.... or should we just ask the ammo manufacturers for a range of case lengths for a bit of variation?
Maybe I should go back to bed.

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[gsimmons]

I saw that too and almost responded! The rifle is matching numbers aswell.

[Son]

I tried to put it all into a little perspective on a post there earlier in the week AGAIN! I think their ears and eyes are painted on! I do persevere over there a fair bit because they do get a lot of newbie traffic and. well, honestly the guidance they are getting isn't the best around generally. Someone will direct this poor soul to their reference section, he will discover his chamber is banana shaped, machined out of round and had several indian upgrades designed to make it unsuitable for live fire... he will then put on a new bolthead and deem it safe and sell it to his mate as a rare collectable.

yep, maybe I should have stayed in bed today too!

As an aside, Kevin... I will be up your way tomorrow with the High Power guys hopefully. I still havent posted your tool back, should I bring it with me or put it in the post today?

[trooper554877]

I tried to put it all into a little perspective on a post there earlier in the week AGAIN! I think their ears and eyes are painted on! I do persevere over there a fair bit because they do get a lot of newbie traffic and. well, honestly the guidance they are getting isn't the best around generally. Someone will direct this poor soul to their reference section, he will discover his chamber is banana shaped, machined out of round and had several indian upgrades designed to make it unsuitable for live fire... he will then put on a new bolthead and deem it safe and sell it to his mate as a rare collectable.

yep, maybe I should have stayed in bed today too!

As an aside, Kevin... I will be up your way tomorrow with the High Power guys hopefully. I still havent posted your tool back, should I bring it with me or put it in the post today?

ha you turn coat, thought you where'nt shooting with them anymore? I bet you are taking that No6!!!

Have a good one fellas and say Gday to the usuals for me! Gday from WA
cheers
Ned

[Son]

ha you turn coat, thought you where'nt shooting with them anymore? I bet you are taking that No6!!!

Have a good one fellas and say Gday to the usuals for me! Gday from WA
cheers
Ned

Nah, never a prob with Dave, Matt and the guys... It was the SSAA blokes that I had the problem with.

Looking at shooting the Int. Nat. Match course with my old faithfull No1 then two strings of the Tactical Match, one at 600 and then again at 700 with my lowmount. Will give them your regards, mate!

Back to the op here... I see someone has already confused the poor bugger with talk of tighter headspace for accuracy. I might give him a few GOOD tips on the only way to get benchrest scores from his old milsurps





You got me thinking, Ned... might take the No6 yet.... bit lighter for the standing deliberate matches...nearly a hundred HXP's through it before lunch and then 50 through the Lowmount... glad I'm not a fairy winged nancy pants who is afraid of a shorter, lighter rifle and full power loads. :-)

[trooper554877]

Nah, never a prob with Dave, Matt and the guys... It was the SSAA blokes that I had the problem with.

Looking at shooting the Int. Nat. Match course with my old faithfull No1 then two strings of the Tactical Match, one at 600 and then again at 700 with my lowmount. Will give them your regards, mate!

Back to the op here... I see someone has already confused the poor bugger with talk of tighter headspace for accuracy. I might give him a few GOOD tips on the only way to get benchrest scores from his old milsurps

oooohhhhh I'd like too see that!!!!
Have you done a walk through talk through from start to finish on the accurization on the No1 mK3 yet?
maybe it could be posted in the sticky bit of this.
Your ideas and methods DO work and have a bit of the old about them.
Cheers
Ned

[Son]

oooohhhhh I'd like too see that!!!!
Have you done a walk through talk through from start to finish on the accurization on the No1 mK3 yet?
maybe it could be posted in the sticky bit of this.
Your ideas and methods DO work and have a bit of the old about them.
Cheers
Ned

I was going to tell him to trade them in on a Barnard or some other benchie rifle. Only guarentee to get accuracy he's looking for.... if a thou headspace is going to improve it!
Even using the methods described in Jim Sweets books, the humble No1 can be hit and miss (pardon the pun). But, I prefer the old methods, rather than using bog and credit card shims.

[Son]

I couldn't help it... He was heading off to buy a SAAMI spec Field Gauge...( As far as I recall, the Forster fiield gauge is .070") I had to tell him to get a .074" somewhere.

[muffett.2008]

Brad, it's a bit late to tell you I will be down about midday to ensure my club members don't try to zero at 100 while you lot are plinking at 700.
If you haven't posted the reamer yet you have missed todays collection.
Ned needs to get educated and come across out of the dark side, but then again, with the amount of cheek out of him, it's better he doesn't contaminate the young un's over here.
I've decided that headspace is just a term for the vacuum between the ears.

[Son]

I've decided that headspace is just a term for the vacuum between the ears.

You got that right, mate!

If I get up in time (sleep being a bit hard to come by lately) I'll be there for the morning session. If I miss you, I'll stick it in the post Monday.
Think I might use the No6 for the main match... The first time I fired it was there at your range... fronted up to find out they were shooting the course in reverse, started at the 600 mound. Got onto target and scored with 17 from 20. but the grin factor alone was worth half a dozen centers, easy!