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Originally Posted by Ron Wood
I am wondering if you could "pad" the jaws of the caliper with thin electricians tape to preclude any possibility of scratching the gun...
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Ron -
I would think that would only be a problem with a
micrometer, not the caliper/vernier...The caliper/vernier will "zoom" in and out with thumb pressure on the travel wheel and you can read it while holding it against the receiver without moving it...while the mic needs to be moved in & out to get an accurate read...
A bit off topic, but here's another tipoff that someone has altered a serial...This is my Russian capture P38...You can see that the edge of the grip frame shows correct mill cutter tool marks, while the end of the slide and the base of the barrel show a fine ground surface...Someone has very painstakingly ground off a very shallow portion of these two surfaces...almost certainly to stamp the new serial...which is stamped very shallowly also...