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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 881471" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>If you're running quality factory ammo, this isn't an issue. If you're handloading with previously fired cases, it's a must IMO. You can buy a case gage, which is nothing more than a short piece of stainless steel bar stock that is reamed to match grade chamber tolerances. You drop the round in and if it goes flush and drops back out, it's good to go. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.dillonprecision.com/#/content/p/9/pid/25548/catid/3/Dillon_Handgun_Case_Gages" target="_blank">http://www.dillonprecision.com/#/content/p/9/pid/25548/catid/3/Dillon_Handgun_Case_Gages</a></p><p></p><p>Using your barrel taken out of the gun isn't as optimal. Some chambers are looser than others and some have unsupported chambers. If you drop a round in and it's bulged, but the bulge happens to slide in where the chamber is unsupported, you'll think it's ok. But if it then feeds into the chamber while firing with the bulge in another orientation, you could wind up with a stuck case. Case gages are cheap insurance if you're shooting reloaded or remanufactured ammo. </p><p></p><p>When reloading match ammo, I exclusively use a Lee or EGW (rebranded Lee) "U" sizing die. This eliminates 99% of the problems with out of spec cases, but I still gage check for major matches because that doesn't eliminate an out of spec bullet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 881471, member: 1132"] If you're running quality factory ammo, this isn't an issue. If you're handloading with previously fired cases, it's a must IMO. You can buy a case gage, which is nothing more than a short piece of stainless steel bar stock that is reamed to match grade chamber tolerances. You drop the round in and if it goes flush and drops back out, it's good to go. [url]http://www.dillonprecision.com/#/content/p/9/pid/25548/catid/3/Dillon_Handgun_Case_Gages[/url] Using your barrel taken out of the gun isn't as optimal. Some chambers are looser than others and some have unsupported chambers. If you drop a round in and it's bulged, but the bulge happens to slide in where the chamber is unsupported, you'll think it's ok. But if it then feeds into the chamber while firing with the bulge in another orientation, you could wind up with a stuck case. Case gages are cheap insurance if you're shooting reloaded or remanufactured ammo. When reloading match ammo, I exclusively use a Lee or EGW (rebranded Lee) "U" sizing die. This eliminates 99% of the problems with out of spec cases, but I still gage check for major matches because that doesn't eliminate an out of spec bullet. [/QUOTE]
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