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7/14/2011 12:12:50 AM EDT
what is this see it often in adds?
7/14/2011 12:19:24 AM EDT
[#1]
They blow into them and if they make noise like a flute, they pass.

7/14/2011 2:25:19 AM EDT
[#2]
Air gauging is good, but it's funny you never get to hear the pass fail standards, not that many people would know what they meant if they seen the numbers.

Yes, I've used an air gauge on many a barrel.
7/14/2011 2:31:33 AM EDT
[#3]
It's meaningless bullshit advertising. You could "air gauge" a barrel and it be completely fucked up but you still "air gauged" it



Now if they said "air gauged to within .0001 of x (a standard for their barrels that could be compared to others)" that would be different.



 
7/14/2011 2:46:26 AM EDT
[#4]
An air Gage has a probe with holes on each side that air is pushed out of that is just smaller than the hole you are checking. The Gage measures the pressure/resistance of the air coming out the 2 holes.  You calibrate it by putting the probe in a known size ring, then insert it in the hole you are checking. The air pressure shows up as a line on the Gage. The line will show you what diameter the hole is and also concentricity if you turn the Gage.

It's been a few years since I used one, but that is what I remember.
7/14/2011 2:47:04 AM EDT
[#5]
The last issue of the Garand Collectors Assoc. Magazine had a picture of a lady air gauging M1 Garand barrels, but I still don't know what it all means.

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7/14/2011 4:44:27 AM EDT
[#6]
It's a method of measuring bore uniformity.
8/24/2011 8:58:55 PM EDT
[#7]
so it could be checked and not pass, and still be sold ad air guaged
8/24/2011 9:06:58 PM EDT
[#8]
The machine looks like this


You stick the probe in the hole and the reading shows up as a vertical line.

They can be pretty accurate if adjusted correctly and maintained. we have a bunch at work but the guys beat the shit out of them.
8/25/2011 3:03:04 PM EDT
[#9]
It's a method of guaguing out the rifling using air.