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<blockquote data-quote="rocketman" data-source="post: 3115219" data-attributes="member: 24956"><p>The best cheap/quick method is to make a shim stock disc with the correct thicknesses and stick it to the base of a properly sized case or set it on the bolt face. You can find a soda can and cut a disc the diameter of your case. I think soda cans are 0.004" thick. If you feel it resist closing on a 0.004" shim you should be good to go. Don't force it though because it will reform the brass. On a mauser action I strip the bolt completely and if the bolt handle weight alone does not close the bolt on the shimmed case I consider it good. If it closes easy try adding another 0.004" shim. If it still closes take it to a gunsmith or buy proper gauges. After determining the headspace is good, I then fire form all the brass with a low powered load and neck size only and forget about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocketman, post: 3115219, member: 24956"] The best cheap/quick method is to make a shim stock disc with the correct thicknesses and stick it to the base of a properly sized case or set it on the bolt face. You can find a soda can and cut a disc the diameter of your case. I think soda cans are 0.004" thick. If you feel it resist closing on a 0.004" shim you should be good to go. Don't force it though because it will reform the brass. On a mauser action I strip the bolt completely and if the bolt handle weight alone does not close the bolt on the shimmed case I consider it good. If it closes easy try adding another 0.004" shim. If it still closes take it to a gunsmith or buy proper gauges. After determining the headspace is good, I then fire form all the brass with a low powered load and neck size only and forget about it. [/QUOTE]
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