I'm looking for some kind of tool I can take with me to a show or my LGS and use to do a poor man's inspection for muzzle wear on milsurps; i.e. sticking a bullet point first into the muzzle and seeing how much bullet actually shows between the crown and neck of the case. I know it's not a perfect system but it does seem to get you in the ballpark.
Right now I usually carry an unfired (I dumped the powder out of it) HXP round with me to check .30-06 caliber rifles but that doesn't help me a 6.5mm Swedish Mauser or 7.5x55 Swiss K31. Short of obtaining 1 round of every milsurp caliber and rendering it inert (which is a hard sell to myself especially when I have to buy 20 rounds at a time for a firearm I may not even own) is there a better way to do this?
Thanks?
Right now I usually carry an unfired (I dumped the powder out of it) HXP round with me to check .30-06 caliber rifles but that doesn't help me a 6.5mm Swedish Mauser or 7.5x55 Swiss K31. Short of obtaining 1 round of every milsurp caliber and rendering it inert (which is a hard sell to myself especially when I have to buy 20 rounds at a time for a firearm I may not even own) is there a better way to do this?
Thanks?