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Originally Posted by BLUEDOT37
What type of shims are you referring to & what are they used for?
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The shims we are talking about are for setting the correct spacing between the forcing cone and the cylinder face when installing the barrel. Dan Wessons, if you weren't aware, have removable barrels and barrel shrouds, and originally came with a barrel wrench and a 0.006 shim for setting the barrel spacing upon reinstall.
Really we are using the wrong term here. The tool is actually called a feeler gauge and comes in sets like these:
McMaster-Carr