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T. O'Heir · April 14, 2009, 09:24 PM

"...tightened the barrel as much as I could..." With what? You have a barrel vise and action wrench? Using anything else can twist the receiver. There's no fixing that. You may be best to have the barrel installed by a smithy.
"...Can any .30-06 gauge be used for the Garand?..." Yep. There are other cartridges that use the same headspace guages. .270 Win for one.
Throat erosion has nothing to do with headspace.

April 14, 2009, 09:24 PM	#3
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	"...tightened the barrel as much as I could..." With what? You have a barrel vise and action wrench? Using anything else can twist the receiver. There's no fixing that. You may be best to have the barrel installed by a smithy. "...Can any .30-06 gauge be used for the Garand?..." Yep. There are other cartridges that use the same headspace guages. .270 Win for one. Throat erosion has nothing to do with headspace. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!