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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months ago.0005" is best case, with the best calipers. If you have spectacularly shitty ones, your accuracy might be more like +/- .005", or ten thou. I use calipers for reloading; rifle cases need to be trimmed because brass flows under pressure, and you def. have a minimum and a maximum tolerance.
minus-square@scrionlink1•3 months agoPlus handling errors, of course. But yeah, a $170 Mitutoyo caliper will also not display anything beyond five tenths, so that’s definitely a hard limit.
.0005" is best case, with the best calipers. If you have spectacularly shitty ones, your accuracy might be more like +/- .005", or ten thou.
I use calipers for reloading; rifle cases need to be trimmed because brass flows under pressure, and you def. have a minimum and a maximum tolerance.
Plus handling errors, of course.
But yeah, a $170 Mitutoyo caliper will also not display anything beyond five tenths, so that’s definitely a hard limit.