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cpeters
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Question.
For the non gunsmith that wants to check headspace on a 22 rf bolt action rifle. Have any of you tried checking headspace without a headspace guage?
The obvious answer is to just buy headspace guages, but for the person who wants to do it once every couple of years, I thought there might be another way.
Take for instance to check valve to piston clearance in a race engine you can take modeling clay, lay a layer over the top of the piston, put the head on, rotate the engine, pull the head, cut the modeling clay and measure the clearance thickness of the clay.
If it were not for the smear of rotating the bolt I would think you could do something similar on a 22 rf.
Thoughts or ideas.
Charlie
For the non gunsmith that wants to check headspace on a 22 rf bolt action rifle. Have any of you tried checking headspace without a headspace guage?
The obvious answer is to just buy headspace guages, but for the person who wants to do it once every couple of years, I thought there might be another way.
Take for instance to check valve to piston clearance in a race engine you can take modeling clay, lay a layer over the top of the piston, put the head on, rotate the engine, pull the head, cut the modeling clay and measure the clearance thickness of the clay.
If it were not for the smear of rotating the bolt I would think you could do something similar on a 22 rf.
Thoughts or ideas.
Charlie