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headspace [′hed‚spās]
(ordnance)
Distance between the face of the locked bolt or breechblock of a gun and some specified point in the chamber; in guns using rimless bottlenecked cartridges, the space between the boltface and a specified point on the shoulder of the cartridge.


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A poster is now available that gives the complete procedure for timing and headspacing the M2 machine gun.
Bad headspacing and timing cause ruptured cartridges, which can lead to the M2 exploding.
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