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If a person is going to use a new case and a shim to check headspace, then it might behoove them to at least get themselves a case gauge to make sure the case is within spec.  Or just buy the correct gauge and be done with it. If that shop will send the gun here I will check the headspace for you for free, plus return shipping of course.
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Is every shop supposed to have a rifle range? Is the shop supposed to sell it to you, do a legal transfer, and then take it back if you are unable to shoot straight? On a consignment gun, is the shop supposed to run escrow for you and the buyer? Is the shop supposed to let you hunt for a day or two and then take the gun back due to a bogus complaint?
The questions are endless, I suspect the answers will be mindless. Well, he did say that he was musing from mamby pamby land.
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Is this a Mauser 93 chambered in "308"?
I'd be real careful about what ammo you shoot in it if it's a 93, even if headspace checks out fine.
Headspace can be problematic on 308's chambered back in the 50's. You may get a "no-go" to "go", but a "field gauge" will not go. IF you're handloading and not setting the shoulder back, this slightly "excessive" headspace may not be a real problem. If the Field gauge "go's", you should go, too.
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You should not check headspace with any manufacturers ammo. When the ammo manufacturer makes their tooling it is to produce ammo to the SAAMI minimum dimensions. When the tooling wears to the SAAMI maximum dimensions it is then replaced. One never knows where the ammo falls in the tolerence spane without proper equipment.
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As I said a shim will tell the headspace WITH THAT CASE.
Which is good information to have with a used gun and new
factory ammo because that is what you will be shooting.
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