ba_50 said:
Hi,
I've watched several videos and read articles about putting on a new barrel and have a question. Does the barrel face have to be trimmed to get the correct head space?
Thanks.
ba-50, I have suggested some forums decorate their home page with toys, seesaws, and merry go rounds, the toys and playground equipment could warn unsuspecting visitor when they attempt to participate. I have had some exciting days dealing with business and individuals that gave no warning that that doing business with them would require dealing with adults that behave like children. The exciting part came when I accused them of behaving like children.
Douglass furnished instructions with their barrels they identified as 'finished barrels'. It was not implied the barrel was finished, it was understood the barrel required fitting. Fitting the barrel could require removing material from the front of the receiver or from the shoulder at the end of the barrel shank/threads.
Measuring the receiver: I believe there are participants on this forum that can measure a receiver as in from the 'C' ring down to the bolt face and from the front of the receiver to the 'C'/torque and furnish the measurements to another member for the purpose of having a furnished barrel made to fit their receiver.
Bolts, Same thing. There could be 2 people I know that I could order a bolt from that would fit based on my measurements. A collector/builder/reloader built a period correct 1911 Rock Island 03. Problem, he had no fewer than eight 30/06 head space gages, none of them fit. I was purchasing a mill from him when he explained the problem. He also explained dealing with head space on a gun forum 'just worn him out'. I explained to him we would make a head space gage, one that would measure the length of the chamber in thousandths. I also explained to him there were three different ways and not one of the three involved a head space gage.
The length of his chamber was .0025: longer than a go-gage length chamber, his chamber was .0075" longer than a minimum length/full length size case/factory ammo. I have no fewer than 40 03 Springfield type bolts, he had/has no fewer than 90 Springfield type bolts, not one of the 130 bolts would correct the head space/length of the chamber from the shoulder of the chamber to the bolt face and "STILL BE PERIOD CORRECT". Meaning we had 4 straight handle bolts between us and my straight handle 03 bolt was and is being used.
The collector/builder/reloader owns and operates the only hydraulically operated reloading press I know of. While building it presses were destroyed, the press itself had to be built from scratch.
F. Guffey