See, [I]"1911 45ACP Headspace Gauge" [/I]. The orginal thread's closed, but this should be a sidebar, anyway.
Dave Sample submits he can do a chamber check (y'all notice he didn't say "headspace check") with an empty shell. He also proves to all and sundry he does own a much-disdained headspace guage. Empirically, he claims he's never had a failure.
1911 Tuner, on the other hand, correctly points out that headspace is more than a chamber check. Always has been, always will be. Theoretically, guns with the wrong headspace go KABOOM. His point is simple, though the measurements are complex.
In a very fitting way, Dave decided to stage his presentation using Shakespeare and what a drama it has been. Wit, sarcasm, name-calling, it's all there. Although the thread title mentions the words "headspace guage", Dave himself does not perform the check, and that was his whole point. Then, there is a multitude that jumped in and tried to get him there, but he insists (or seems to) that a chamber check is all one "needs", unless one is a "coward". Others jumped in, and said "leave him alone". In the end, Dave walks away and threatens to keep his little tweak secrets to himself. Promise?
The more the protagonists presented their case, the clearer it seemed they were talking about two different things and actually emphasized, in a roundabout way, each other's points. Bill (Shakespeare) would have loved the irony, and might have had the chorus mantra: the real ado about nothing is your little puny pistol cartridge. All you Globe habitues can add yer own smart@ss comments here.
Theatrical: Step right up to rifles and see real fireworks - bloated receivers! splintered bolts! blood! guts!
Gentle readers, the above-referenced thread cannot be explained any clearer than it already has. And no one's budging. The question remains: does going all the way and doing the headspace check in a 1911 comprise cowardice? Read and enjoy it. But more than that, think about it.
And walk away, wiser.
Thank you for your time,
MR2
Dave Sample submits he can do a chamber check (y'all notice he didn't say "headspace check") with an empty shell. He also proves to all and sundry he does own a much-disdained headspace guage. Empirically, he claims he's never had a failure.
1911 Tuner, on the other hand, correctly points out that headspace is more than a chamber check. Always has been, always will be. Theoretically, guns with the wrong headspace go KABOOM. His point is simple, though the measurements are complex.
In a very fitting way, Dave decided to stage his presentation using Shakespeare and what a drama it has been. Wit, sarcasm, name-calling, it's all there. Although the thread title mentions the words "headspace guage", Dave himself does not perform the check, and that was his whole point. Then, there is a multitude that jumped in and tried to get him there, but he insists (or seems to) that a chamber check is all one "needs", unless one is a "coward". Others jumped in, and said "leave him alone". In the end, Dave walks away and threatens to keep his little tweak secrets to himself. Promise?
The more the protagonists presented their case, the clearer it seemed they were talking about two different things and actually emphasized, in a roundabout way, each other's points. Bill (Shakespeare) would have loved the irony, and might have had the chorus mantra: the real ado about nothing is your little puny pistol cartridge. All you Globe habitues can add yer own smart@ss comments here.
Theatrical: Step right up to rifles and see real fireworks - bloated receivers! splintered bolts! blood! guts!
Gentle readers, the above-referenced thread cannot be explained any clearer than it already has. And no one's budging. The question remains: does going all the way and doing the headspace check in a 1911 comprise cowardice? Read and enjoy it. But more than that, think about it.
And walk away, wiser.
Thank you for your time,
MR2
