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    Question Bent No4 Strikers

    Hi all, in putting together my bolt for my No4 T rebuild, I was looking for a striker to use that was straight, out of 5 that I had to select from(all from used but not abused rifles) all were bent, just a bit.
    Is this simply what happens, and it's no problem, or is a straight striker the only acceptable starting point for a very accurate No4?
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    Someone I knew rescued a number of them in Devonport dockyard, where they were being used as punches.

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    The important parts are the actual tip, so that it doesn't friction in the bolt head as it fires. The MOST important bit is the tail, where it screws into the cocking piece. L and R in order to ensure that the cocking piece is square on to the sear and U and D so that you get the correct 1st and 2nd pulls.

    Hope that's clarified things a bit................

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    They all appear to have this bend just forward of the start of the threaded section.
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    The important parts are the actual tip, so that it doesn't friction in the bolt head as it fires. The MOST important bit is the tail, where it screws into the cocking piece. L and R in order to ensure that the cocking piece is square on to the sear and U and D so that you get the correct 1st and 2nd pulls.

    Hope that's clarified things a bit................
    With the action assembled, the sear feels quite uneven when used to release the cocking piece and striker, I suppose I'll get it stocked up before I can further analyze the issue, but it doesn't seem quite right .

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    Which way was the striker-firing pin bent in relation to the cut out for the keeper screw. Meaning could they have been bent to change the cocking piece bent angle. (trigger pull)

    Where are the high-low areas (bend) in relation to the cut out on the firing pin?

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    We only accept straight. Roll them on the bench and if necessary straighten. That way you work from a known perfect datum in relation to trigger pull-offs and weights.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    Roll them on the bench and if necessary straighten.
    Could you please run me through how? I can't believe I don't have all the gear, and if I don't I'll get it. But when I try to straighten things like this I inevitably end up with 2 or more small bends.

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    There's really only one way that a striker will bend and that's by dropping the rifle on the cocking piece. Sliding them along the floor of the trucks so that they banged and battered the others down there was always a dead cert too! Using it as a drift in a dockyard was pretty certain to damege them too but I digress. We'd just roll the strikers along a surface plate with the collar hanging over the edge and that would identify a bend thread. You cad set the threaded end in a lathe and rotate it slowly while carefully bending it back to shape (they're reasonably pliable.....). I can't tell you how to straighten one, it's just practice. But if you can straighten barrels, then straightening a slightly bent striker is quite easy. But accept that it'll only be the last 1.5 to 2" that's bent.

    Or shal I just send a new one?

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    A new one would be great, and I'll have a go at straightening these for future projects.

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