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MERCHANT THROAT EROSION GAUGE The Merchant Throat Erosion Gauge is an essential tool for match shooters and varmint hunters, providing a quick and accurate indication of barrel and throat wear. Regular use every 1,000 rounds offers a comparative reading of throat erosion, helping determine the remaining barrel life. Models are available for rifles chambered in .223, .30 M1 Carbine, and .30-06 M1 Garand. Notably, the Garand gauge is calibrated to measure bore erosion at the muzzle as well. Key Features: Regular Monitoring: Use every 1,000 rounds to obtain comparative readings of throat erosion, aiding in maintenance scheduling. Multiple Caliber Compatibility: Available for .223 (also fits .222 and .22-250), .30 M1 Carbine, and .30-06 M1 Garand. Dual Functionality: The Garand gauge also measures bore erosion at the muzzle, providing comprehensive barrel wear assessment. Specifications: Material: Steel Length: .223: 3½" (8.9 cm) .30 M1 Carbine: 2-1/16" (5.2 cm) Instructions: Includes complete instructions for use. Customer Insights: Our customers highly value the Merchant Throat Erosion Gauge for its precision and ease of use. The ability to monitor throat and bore erosion effectively allows shooters to maintain optimal firearm performance and plan for necessary maintenance or barrel replacement. The inclusion of detailed instructions ensures that even those new to barrel wear assessment can utilize the tool confidently. Incorporating the Merchant Throat Erosion Gauge into your firearm maintenance routine enables proactive monitoring of barrel health, ensuring safety and accuracy in your shooting activities.Delivery time approx. 7-14 days.
The MERCHANT THROAT EROSION GAUGE is a must-have for match shooters and varmint hunters, delivering quick and precise readings of barrel and throat wear.
Our customers highly value the Merchant Throat Erosion Gauge for its precision and ease of use. The ability to monitor throat and bore erosion effectively allows shooters to maintain optimal firearm performance and plan for necessary maintenance or barrel replacement. The inclusion of detailed instructions ensures that even those new to barrel wear assessment can utilize the tool confidently.
Incorporating the Merchant Throat Erosion Gauge into your firearm maintenance routine enables proactive monitoring of barrel health, ensuring safety and accuracy in your shooting activities.
30 Caliber (.308)
Steel
Rifle
2.05''
Steel
.30-06 M1 Garand
Very useful. 18/05/2015
Instructions easy to follow, easy to use. Same for the M1 Carbine gauge by Merchant.
.223 Throat erosion ga 12/12/2013
This is a high quality product and performs as advertised, but not as easy to use or useful I first thought. It requires a lot of additional firearm knowledge to be a productive tool.
Primarily these comments are on erosion gauges in general, not this individual product. First you have to keep detailed records for a long time and you have to be firing a lot of rounds. You have to develop a technique of reading the gauge that is exactly the same each time. The depth reading you record can vary with the position of your head. Additionally the gauge doesn't really give you a failure point but rather a relative change over time. So you have to record your first reading then compare subsequent readings to get the relative change in wear. Since there really isn't any "failure" point, you just see slowly deteriorating accuracy. So unless you compare accuracy against throat erosion, then you don't really know what an individual reading means.
Also it's an odd shape, I thought it would fold or disassemble to fit in a smaller slot in my tool box.
That said, anybody who's serious about quality firearms, precision shooting and shoots a lot (it's going to take 1000's of rounds to see a difference), then it would seem to be a pretty essential tool.
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