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Is ensuring a stripped bolt won't close on a USGI field gauge a sufficient test for this kind of scenario, or do you need the specific go/no go gauges?
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Well, a field gauge will only tell you whether the headspace is so large that it's actually dangerous to fire that weapon. For me as Joe Citizen, who isn't an armorer under wartime conditions trying to get as many rifles as possible back into the field as rapidly as possible, I'd be happier using a no-go gauge (and a go gauge to cover all bases just because I'm anal retentive like that).
But yes, strictly speaking, a bolt that doesn't close on a field gauge will likely be safe to fire.
Last edited by familyman357; 10-05-10 at 17:17.
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