Case wall thickness gauge

jmorris

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Well, the doctors didn't kill me last week and I got tired of laying and sitting so I did a few minutes of resting out in the shop today. Not a big project but an easy one I had been intending to do when I had a few min.

It's just a 3/16 rod with a .100" bearing embedded into one end that can line up with a dial indicator. I built it to mount on the backstop dowel of my runout gauge to keep it simple. Now I can have an accurate measurement of case walls without having to ruin one.

Sectioned .223 case.
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Empty
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300 win mag
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Another very clever invention, thanks for sharing.
Knowing the case thickness in the body as well as the neck can be important for many reasons.
 
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