Throat Erosion & Muzzle Wear (MW) readings

[Drill Sergeant]

Can throat Erosion (TE) and Muzzle Wear (MW) be measured correctly in the 1917 with the same tool used for the M1?

Thanks!

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[Detroit-1]

Muzzle yes, throat no.

[Wineman]

You might be able to use the M1 gauge, but you would need to interpolate where the gauge reads on the M1 and where it reads on the M1917. My guess is that if you add the distance from the M1 point to the M1917 point and subtract that distance from the reading, you should be pretty close. I am making these numbers up since I don't have a gauge but if on a pristine M1 barrel you have a "0" and your reading in the M1917 is a "5" measure from "5" toward "0" the difference distance and now you have a closer number. The problem may be that you can't see the numbers on the M1917. No problem, mark the gauge where you can see it with a sharpie and again use the difference.

Dave

[Chuckindenver]

you can measure with the 1903 tool

[Detroit-1]

Ok if you can use on the 03 and the 17 would you close the bolt and then put a mark on the bolt straight down from the receiver? Then measure from the locking lugs to your mark and then subtract that from the guage? If so you learn something new each day.

[Chuckindenver]

close the bolt???the tool is 15 inched long...that may be tough to do..

[Detroit-1]

15''? My guage is nowhere near that size. What I am saying is the M1 guage measures from the bolt lugs so if you put the bolt in and close it you could measure down down from the reciever and put a mark on the 03 bolt. Then measure from the bolt lugs to your mark. Next put you guage in and mark down from the reciever and put a mark on your guage. Then take the measurement from the bolt and substact the differance. This might be close to the 03's measurment.

[Wineman]

It sounds like you have a headspace gauge. A throat gauge looks like this:

http://www.fulton-armory.com/%5Cfaqs...%5CTEGauge.htm

It does not need the bolt to operate. Headspace is from a datum line where the shoulder is 0.375" to the bolt face. Throat erosion is ahead of the case neck and is the diameter of the throat or leade, wear from firing erodes it. M1 Garands have a longish throat compared to the M1917 or M1903/a3 rifles.

Dave

[Detroit-1]

It sounds like you have a headspace gauge. A throat gauge looks like this:

http://www.fulton-armory.com/%5Cfaqs...%5CTEGauge.htm

It does not need the bolt to operate. Headspace is from a datum line where the shoulder is 0.375" to the bolt face. Throat erosion is ahead of the case neck and is the diameter of the throat or leade, wear from firing erodes it. M1 Garands have a longish throat compared to the M1917 or M1903/a3 rifles.

Dave

If you are talking to me I have a M1 THROAT guage. When you put the throat guage in a M1 you look down from the reciever to get the measurment. Since the bolt lugs on a M1 are located at the back of reciever not like a 03 which are inside if you take the difference between the two you could get a rough measurment.

[Chuckindenver]

the TE gauge has nothing to do with locking lugs,
its simply inserted into the breach, and a reading is taken from the back edge of the receiver ring, the M1 Garand tool is dog legged since the bold cant be removed from the rear,
the 1903. 1917 you remove the bolt, and insert the tool through the receiver, and take readings the same way.
the 1903 17 also have a measurement for reading a loose barrel as well.