Seen Another Cracked N14 Bolt

[painter777]

Monday morning after coffee I headed out to my local range, finding only 1 other guy there. I noticed he had a carbine on the bench, so we got to talking.
He said he had just got there a few minutes earlier.
I laid my gear on a nearby table and went over and signed in.
Pinned up a few targets and pulled my carbine from it's case.
He seen it......... we talked again, showed him mine, he showed his to me.
His was a NPM, that got me to talking about how many N 14 bolts that I'd seen over the years. Sure enough while I started to show him where the cracked lug is usually seen....... I could see his was cracked. It looked like a scratch, but looking closer you could see the crack circled around the rear of the right lug. I bring a small parts/tool pouch with me and loaned him a extra bolt that would work, so he could send some ammo down range. He had his share of FTF and FTE, besides that carbine begging for a thorough cleaning, I seen he was using old ammo with the French or Italian head stamps. He'll bring it over this weekend and I'll go over it for him. Overall it ended up being a decent day. But really gets you to thinking about making sure you look these over on a more than regular basis.

FWIW,
Charlie-Painter777

I borrowed this picture from a recent ebay auction which also happens to be a N14.

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