Quote Originally Posted by Sunray View Post
Headspace can be bad though. Thousands of these rifles have been assembled out of parts bins with zero QC.
How do you check the headspace ?
Remember these are 7.62 (not 308 Win) and there are 12 different 7.62 NATO headspace gauges for GO and 12 for NO-GO for different firearms and different reasons. Which one do you take ?

What should the 2A headspace be and whereabouts on the neck should it be measured ?

On the subject of Ethiopia, RTI were selling 'bargain basement' Ishapore rifles that they appear to have sourced from a 'scrap heap' in Ethiopia