Thread: 7mm-08 reloads extraction issue - thoughts please

Originally Posted by caberslash

Have you tried checking the headspace via the masking tape method I described?

Reason I said to take the firing pin out, I said use a factory round (live) as they are usually very under-sized. A single layer of masking tape is close enough to approximate a No-Go gauge (some gunsmiths use this method to check headspace to avoid ordering gauges).

Aside from a chamber cast, this is the easiest way to tell, otherwise you will be going in circles.

Will do this if we are left with having to sort it. Polish the bits at the same time. Thks.