.308 headspace question

[Brianb22]

Hello everyone, first post here but been looking around for quite awhile.

I’ve done my research but still left with a question that I hope someone has some advice for.

I’ve recently put together impact 737r with a Bartlien barrel pre fit. The shop that put together the action and barrel said headspace checked good and sent me home with a barreled action.

I have not shot this gun yet as I was getting the chassis scope etc put together.

Now that this is done I wanted to get more into checking everything on the rifle and bought a set of Manson headspace gauges. It passes the go gauge no problem, however the no-go gauge fails,

looking through posts here I have seen another person mention a similar problem. When closing the bolt I feel resistance with the no-go gauge but with light pressure the bolt can be closed. It almost feels gummed up or just bordering too long. If that makes sense. The field gauge is being delivered today and I imagine it will not close with it.

I’m looking for advice on if this is acceptable or if I am setting myself up for failure. Will this affect accuracy to the point of it not being worth it? Or will it preform normally and provide shorter brass life? That I could live with shorter brass life but this was ment to be my first PRS / fun gun to get into longer ranges.

Just looking for any advice you may have. I apologize for the long winded post.

 

[Supersubes]

The window between go and no-go is ~.005, and your field gauge will be .005 longer than the no-go. You appear to be touching the no-go. Safety wise you’re fine. While I chamber my guns to the absolute minimum side, your gun will shoot fine and should present no issues provided the rest of the details are in order. Just shoot it.

 

[Brianb22]

I appreciate the feedback. This is the conclusion I had though of as well, it’s nice to know I was not way off base.

I was about to go crosseyed trying to research it as it seems every persons opinion varies so much.

I will still go ahead and check with the field gauge tonight because I want to play with the toys but fingers crossed it is a good shooter!