.303 british no-go gauges

[browningautorifle]

an object that can be turned up in a lathe

And that's why I have one...

[CINDERS]

1 x carton of beer was the cost of my 3 to be made.

[Brian Dick]

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.

[nijalninja]

all this kerfluffle over an object that can be turned up in a lathe in 15mins.

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.