Orcon
Member
In a recent series of unfortunate events that were equal parts bad luck and carelessness, I've found I have a headspace issue with a Savage 12. My barrel was actually loose enough to turn by hand in the action. I had a 'smith give her a look-over when I first bought it and he said it's a little on the long side but nothing he would worry about.
The rifle barrel has factory fluting and a factory muzzle break but if set to the proper headspace nothing lines up nicely. When the fluting and break are timed to the axis of the action so it looks nice, it will swallow a NO-GO gauge.The scary part is that even though it accepts the NO-GO I can't chamber my once fired brass.
I'm assuming the prudent thing to do would be to get a FIELD gauge and see how that chambers and go through all my once-fired cases with a fine-tooth comb looking for head-case damage?
The rifle barrel has factory fluting and a factory muzzle break but if set to the proper headspace nothing lines up nicely. When the fluting and break are timed to the axis of the action so it looks nice, it will swallow a NO-GO gauge.The scary part is that even though it accepts the NO-GO I can't chamber my once fired brass.
I'm assuming the prudent thing to do would be to get a FIELD gauge and see how that chambers and go through all my once-fired cases with a fine-tooth comb looking for head-case damage?