Parker Lifter

[Dean Romig]

I have a Manson gauge but I don’t use it anymore. I could never get consistently accurate readings from it. I think ‘flex’ may have been the problem.... or operator error. In any case, the Hosford gage was IMO superior.





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[Stan Hoover]

Garth,
I was just looking at the Manson gauge and thought I would order one since I also need to order a 6.5 reamer, now I'm not so sure.

Dean,
thanks for your opinion on the Manson gauge, if you were to buy just one gauge from Hosford, would the barrel wall thickness gauge or the bore gauge tell you more about the overall barrels being original and or safe to shoot?

I'm guessing the bore gauge which you could then compare with OD measurements at different areas of the barrel?

Thanks,
Stan

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Stan Hoover

Garth,
I was just looking at the Manson gauge and thought I would order one since I also need to order a 6.5 reamer, now I'm not so sure.

Dean,
thanks for your opinion on the Manson gauge, if you were to buy just one gauge from Hosford, would the barrel wall thickness gauge or the bore gauge tell you more about the overall barrels being original and or safe to shoot?

I'm guessing the bore gauge which you could then compare with OD measurements at different areas of the barrel?

Thanks,
Stan

IMO a bore gauge reading when compared to OD readings will never, without hours of tedious and repetitive measurements, give you any inkling to incongruities in wall thickness.

I would always go to the wall thickness gauge and buy a cheaper bore and choke mic to go along with it.





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