Hi,
I am looking for a no-go gauge for .303 Brit. marked for .070 please.
BB
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Hi,
I am looking for a no-go gauge for .303 Brit. marked for .070 please.
BB
Forster makes 'em. Midsouth Shooters Supply wants $25.17US each. Currently on back order though.
Direct from Forster might be better. $36 each though. Also on back order.
Where you are matters. There's a $30 dollar US “base rate” for shipping/packaging if you order direct vs a local distributor if you're not Stateside
Headspace Gages - Forster Products
There is no requirement for a .070" gauge. All you need is a .064" and a .074" gauge. Save yourself $36 and the postage.
Thank you to Peter and other responders.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
merry christmas.
BB
Be sure the gages are .074 for the no go, as I remember it most of the U.S. gauge makers do not make a no go in .074 . The one you will most likely get will be too small .
Hey mate, I had a bit of a dilemma with this earlier in the year and ended getting them custom from Border Ballistics Technology (BBT) in Scotland. I am very happy to have bought them and will recommend them to anyone.
Agree with Peter I had 3 made up a .064, .067 & .074 dont ask about the 67 as I have no idea why I had it made it's as useful as a sash window in a submarine
I think the .067 is a Vickers MMG No-Go gauge if memory serves.
Brian is right - in a roundabout way....... If my old memory of the gun serves me correctly, the .067" (or was it .070?) gauge is a reject gauge for the Vickers extractor slipway. The CHS reject is still .074" I know that you're going to ask how the xxxx the .074" CHS reject gauge would slip down the extractor slip-way if the reject was .067" That's because the Vickers .074" CHS reject gauge didn't have sides to the rim part on it. Always a bit of a chore to check and adjust. But luckily, they just never seemed to need any adjustment once both locks were set up to start with.
Always fascinates me, all this kerfluffle over an object that can be turned up in a lathe in 15mins.
And that's why I have one...Quote:
Originally Posted by muffett.2008
1 x carton of beer was the cost of my 3 to be made.
Thanks for the education Peter. I stand corrected. I've never checked the extractor slip-way on mine but did use the .074 to check headspace after replacing the tired old barrel which was shot to death with Mk.7 so that Mk.8z projectiles weren't hitting the target sideways at 100 yards! Long story that's been told and retold here in years past. It's how I learned about throat erosion effecting boat tail projectiles.
Some of us don't have lathes nor the know-how to use them? If it was not so much of a kerfuffle then I would not have had to get mine from Scotland and someone else from here would have offered a simpler solution, but that was not the case, and apparently is still not the case for this gentleman.Quote:
Originally Posted by muffett.2008