84ta406
NES Member
Been looking and reading upon headspace Gauges for my FAL and CETME-C build and honestly my brain hurts. For the FAL recommended HS is 1.632 but the Forester GO gauge is 1.635 and NOGO is 1.645 which is HUGE. Their .308 set is 1.630GO and 1.634 NOGO, I know a few of you guys have built 7.62 rifles, what are you using? Is it worth just spending double the money on a PTG set? Ive done a lot of reading around and I think the more I read old threads the more confused I get haha. The other problem is I can't find half of them for sale. Clymer is out of stock everywhere I looked. Forster has minimum and max.
Here's the chart I found, Ideally I'd like to to fit 7.62 and .308 brass.
1.630" Forster GO
1.630" Winchester .308 minimum
1.6315" NATO 7.62 minimum
1.632" Clymer GO
1.634" Forster NO-GO
1.636" Clymer NO-GO
1.638" Forster FIELD
1.638" Winchester .308 maximum
1.640" Clymer FIELD
1.640" NATO 7.62 maximum
Here's the chart I found, Ideally I'd like to to fit 7.62 and .308 brass.
1.630" Forster GO
1.630" Winchester .308 minimum
1.6315" NATO 7.62 minimum
1.632" Clymer GO
1.634" Forster NO-GO
1.636" Clymer NO-GO
1.638" Forster FIELD
1.638" Winchester .308 maximum
1.640" Clymer FIELD
1.640" NATO 7.62 maximum
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