Thread: A gunsmith question - head spacing.

Just send it my way mate. I still owe you a favour.

To answer your question. Its all about quality and manufacturing. Remington actions are not manufactured to the same quality as a custom action is for example.

Why is a reamer needed? If the headspacing is to big or short the smith will need a reamer to correct it. To long: Your cases will stretch and be destroyed, to short and the cartridges wouldn't fit.

Between us: if anyone, especially a gunsmith wants to do head spacing using a case - get you rifle away from them.