292H Comp Cam, reusable?? How to tell.

Wyrmrider said

d55dave nailed it on the cam (lifter) inspection plus check the taper and polish
however that old 292 is way out of date
revs and has to to make power but not as much torque as a modern 284 would give you
Howards, Lunati, and even the Comp HL series
There are two major lifter makers
Comp uses one
Isky and Crower use another (better IMHO)
you can tell by looking

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I'd basically covered most of that but I can see it has to get spelt out.
Yeah Delphi & Johnson...
Not many Joe Bloggs can check Lobe Crown taper. But visually is lobes look like # 6 & # 11 - your pushing your luck fitting new lifters, if you kept in same order, & only going to be a w/end basher , reuse, or do a late Isky 280 Mega Regrind Or Comp Can Similar on that Aftermarket stick & with the 292H's big lobes good chance you won't break through the induction heat treatment. Pull those LC's in to 108° ( You can generally move ea lobe about 2° either way. When REGRINDING) What about a Copy of a Comp Cams 280'ish 106°LCA longer Dur on the Exh grind ?. If your shooting for new lifters now anyway ?.
Sometimes, nothing personal, I wonder if some of these questions are 'generic' questions so certain favoured ones can air their knowledge, (I've seen it b4 elsewhere).
Cheers T