Need help with word

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Killa2344ejyahoocom
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(4/11/02 12:44:01 am)
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What is head space?

Zigzag2
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(4/11/02 6:45:01 am)
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HEADSPACE

That distance as measured from the bolt face of the rifle to that point in the chamber where forward progress of the cartridge is halted. In a rimmed cartridge, this distance is taken from the bolt face to the end of the rim itself. In a belted magnum, the belt is used to gauge headspace. On a rimless cartridge, the shoulder is used to mark headspace distance. Gauges are used by the gunsmith to check the headspace in a rifle. These are Go and No-Go gauges, sometimes a "field gauge" as well. The Go gauge should allow the bolt to close down easily. The bold should not close on a No-Go gauge. It will close snugly on a field gauge. If the bolt of the action (and this applies to lever action, semiauto, and pump guns, as well as bolt-action rifles) will close on a No-Go gauge, that indicates excessive headspace and the condition must be corrected

Killa2344ejyahoocom
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(4/11/02 7:10:44 am)
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how do you correct head space? Thanks for the defintion.

LIKTOSHOOT
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(4/11/02 7:26:09 am)
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Depends on the rifle, what is it? LTS
T.F.F.

Killa2344ejyahoocom
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(4/12/02 6:22:17 pm)
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It is a savage .22L.R. Semi-Auto.