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Telescoping gauges are very useful and not too expensive for a decent set.
You can often pick up a good bore gauge kit second hand for reasonable money, I found a good Baty kit for under £20 last year.
I have an internal micrometer of this style but not this brand - http://www.chicagobrand.com/help/inside_micrometer_files/image002.jpg - which came with a setting ring, allowing you to set it and to practice your "feel", it gives very good results at the bore opening.
Higher cost but brilliant are Diatest individual bore gauges and kits, they occasionally come up at reasonable prices (at least comparatively so for what they do), over a several years I managed to pick up a few sets for an average price around £60 along with extension and adaptor kits.
You can often pick up a good bore gauge kit second hand for reasonable money, I found a good Baty kit for under £20 last year.
I have an internal micrometer of this style but not this brand - http://www.chicagobrand.com/help/inside_micrometer_files/image002.jpg - which came with a setting ring, allowing you to set it and to practice your "feel", it gives very good results at the bore opening.
Higher cost but brilliant are Diatest individual bore gauges and kits, they occasionally come up at reasonable prices (at least comparatively so for what they do), over a several years I managed to pick up a few sets for an average price around £60 along with extension and adaptor kits.