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#300310 11/13/12 09:51 PM
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Best (in every sense of the word) calipers (inside/outside) you would recommend for our uses? Brand, type, anything else you can think of.

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Most of them are made in China with misc. brand names on them. For loading you don't really need digital just a dial vernier caliper. Somewhere in the $20-$40 will get some good ones.

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my personal choice is Mitutoyo digital at about $100.00 for 6 inch model
will measure to about .0005 with proper feel and extreme care
old school says anything closer than +/- .005 use
a micrometer ...

as much as I prefer Starrett or Brown and Sharpe IF made in USA for most measuring instruments
when it comes to digital they got way too complex with more features and nonsense ... almost impossible to use





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OK, I was hoping to avoid China, but I guess for this it's not so critical.

Even though my brother has been dead 4 years I'm still angry with him for "misplacing" my Brown & Sharpe micrometer (circa 60's) given to me by my Uncle when I was a lad, which I later used in his machine shop (circa 70's)

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I have several old Helios german made ones, very nice. Brown and Sharpe, Starrett good also. ebay is a great place to get a top end caliper used for the price of a junk chinese new one.

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I agree with Harris Highwall about Mitutoyo digital.You can easily "zero" it for comparing different items (bullets)for +- variance. Also it can be used for quick conversion from mm-inch.
I also use Mitutoyo and Chinese dial calipers and have no issue with any of them.Use a Mic when it has to be close.
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I have digital calipers made by Brown&Sharpe, Starrett, and Fowler-Sylvac. I reach for the Fowler-Sylvac's most often because they are the easiest to zero, switch from metric to inch, and use overall.


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I still have my Starrett 6" and 12" dial calipers from before digital was around. But, I used digitals enough to know there's an advantage when working in a machine shop where chips can get in the dial gear rack. Forget about vernier scale calipers. I still have a couple sets, one 6" and one 24" set. For gun stuff, either dial or digital will do. I prefer tools well made. No China stuff. Swiss, German, U.S., Japan, and English are all good.

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