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I have one and love it. It is easy to use and very accurate. Not cheap-but-worth it in my opinion!!! Bob jurewicz |
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I also have one an use it often. Today I am going to loan it to a well known Michigan Parker guy so that he may properly inspect a new to him DH that is very light in weight.
I am also going to to buy one of Jon Hosford's expensive but worth it barrel dent raisers. That is of course when I save the money. Mark |
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We use his tools exclusively for wall thickness measurement and dent raising. Jon's products are innovative and top quality - he doesn't market something until it has been exhaustively tested and proven.
Plus, he is a heluva nice guy! Best, Dan |
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Kenny,
This is the wall thickness gauge to buy. It's very accurate and easy to use. I had quite the eye opener on a fairly expensive smallbore Fox. The barrels measured .027" overall, but the Hosford gauge found a spot where a dent was raised @ a small spot measured .014" where it had been struck after raising the dent. If I had the Hosford gauge when I purchased this gun it would have gone right back to the seller. This gun has since moved-on with full disclosure of the thin spot, but at cost to me of about $3000.00 because I didn't have the Hosford gauge at the time of purchase. The cost of the gauge and the time spent learning how to use it will pay off big in the future. It only takes one thin spot to make it pay for itself. |
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"The cost of the gauge and the time spent learning how to use it will pay off big in the future. It only takes one thin spot to make it pay for itself. "
Trust me he is speaking the truth....Eric |
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Marcus,
The Skeets Bore Gauge and the Hosford Wall Thickness Gauge have distinctly different function. The Skeets will give you inside bore diameter. Hosford will tell you how thick the barrel walls are. In my opinion both very important to determine condition of a set of barrels. Bob Jurewicz |
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Thanks Bob. My original thought was that the Skeet's used in conjunction with a caliper would allow one to calculate the wall thickness. I guess that idea is flawed in more than one way. It assumes the barrel is perfectly concentric and does not take into account any area where a repair has been done (dent removal?) causing a possible thin spot.
Cheers Marcus
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