aratliff
Hammer Time Executive member
Y’all sanity check me here, please. I’ll try to be pithy.
A week ago brown truck delivered a 30-06AI barrel from PBB. It is my latest FAFO project. Was busy, then left to go on a trip with my boy. We returned this afternoon, so I set up the barrel vice and torqued it on to action.
30-06AI go gauge closed. But then so did the regular 30-06 go gauge, which serves as the no go gauge for Ackley chambers.
Cursed the chamberer for a minute, then it occurred to me I have a micrometer and comparators. (Got up early for a long flight home, so yes, I am slow. Which is also why I am wanting a sanity check).
For comparison, my 308/708 gauges measured like this:
AI go: 1.6195
Regulator go: 1.6230
Regular no go: 1.6285
30-06 gauges were:
AI go: 2.0385
Reg go: 2.0375
Reg no go: 2.0415
Fairly confident I have a bad go gauge. Have I lost my marbles?
Plan to run by a local smith Monday to check on another project, let them shoot the Coup de Grâce target rig, and rent their 30-06 go gauge to check before calling the gauge maker and griping. Unless y’all tell me I am an idiot.
A week ago brown truck delivered a 30-06AI barrel from PBB. It is my latest FAFO project. Was busy, then left to go on a trip with my boy. We returned this afternoon, so I set up the barrel vice and torqued it on to action.
30-06AI go gauge closed. But then so did the regular 30-06 go gauge, which serves as the no go gauge for Ackley chambers.
Cursed the chamberer for a minute, then it occurred to me I have a micrometer and comparators. (Got up early for a long flight home, so yes, I am slow. Which is also why I am wanting a sanity check).
For comparison, my 308/708 gauges measured like this:
AI go: 1.6195
Regulator go: 1.6230
Regular no go: 1.6285
30-06 gauges were:
AI go: 2.0385
Reg go: 2.0375
Reg no go: 2.0415
Fairly confident I have a bad go gauge. Have I lost my marbles?
Plan to run by a local smith Monday to check on another project, let them shoot the Coup de Grâce target rig, and rent their 30-06 go gauge to check before calling the gauge maker and griping. Unless y’all tell me I am an idiot.