Testing SCRs

I've been testing thristors without the aid of a megger, but my question is that there are many probably ways of testing S.C.R's but it's not a D.C circuit as they are high power rated thristors rated at 1600amps at 380VAC. By using the ohm scale option on the multimeter i am able to get a typical value of 300K ohms - 700k ohms this should be a good thristor but some of these tests did not work on all of the SCR's(most bhave diffrent values and does not seem to be a concrete way of testing AC thyristors) so i thought maybe using the continuity option on the multimeter will be a good option as the thyristor requires a gate current before current can pass from anode to cathode so hence if i complete the circuit and the multimeter beeps without a gate current this should state that the thyristor is blown as no gate current was available.

Does this work as all the tests have proven to be accurate without any comebacks.