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Unread 04-01-2012, 11:54 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy View Post
Before you give the gunsmith your instructions, make sure he even has a gauge. "Gunsmith" is a very relative term in this country. A very large percentage of them do not own a wall thickness gauge and an even larger percentage do not own a Hosford gauge.
right you are - one local shop uses a bore gauge inside and a caliper outside -subtract and divide by two
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