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Did the "Early" 1903 Springfield "Stock Bolts" ever have the left side bolt head "slotted" for a standard screwdriver? Circa 1922 to 1930 maybe??
I'm looking in 'Brophy' but haven't found anything yet.
Mike
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Originally Posted by
Mike Haas
Did the "Early" 1903 Springfield "Stock Bolts" ever have the left side bolt head "slotted" for a standard screwdriver? Circa 1922 to 1930 maybe??
I'm looking in 'Brophy' but haven't found anything yet.
Mike
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Originally Posted by
Mike Haas
Did the "Early" 1903 Springfield "Stock Bolts" ever have the left side bolt head "slotted" for a standard screwdriver? Circa 1922 to 1930 maybe??
I'm looking in 'Brophy' but haven't found anything yet.
Mike
No, they weren't slotted. At least, I have never seen one, except in your pic.
HTH,
Emri
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Originally Posted by
Emri
No, they weren't slotted. At least, I have never seen one, except in your pic.
HTH,
Emri
Emri - Me either..here's a couple more pictures (hopefully); maybe somebodys memory will get 'joggled'..
Mike
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I have several rifles with slotted "bolts".
Jim
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I have several rifles with slotted "bolts".
Jim
Jim - If I may ask..what era stocks do you have and does the installation look to be original install??
Mike
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I have no recollection of having seen stocks with slotted stock bolts that I thought were original.
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Mike Haas
Emri - Me either..here's a couple more pictures (hopefully); maybe somebodys memory will get 'joggled'..
Mike
The right hand side you show is normal. What is called a "nut" has 2 slots for a "spanner" to fit. The "bolts" ,which go in from the left side, are smooth headed and would not have a slot of any kind.
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Emri
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Originally Posted by
Mike Haas
Jim - If I may ask..what era stocks do you have and does the installation look to be original install??
Mike
The slotted nuts (versus bolts) are normal. It is how the assembly is tightened. I didn't mean to give the impression that the bolt was slotted.
Jim
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The slotted nuts (versus bolts) are normal. It is how the assembly is tightened. I didn't mean to give the impression that the bolt was slotted.
Jim
Jim
Thanks for the clarification. I felt confident the (Spanner style) nuts are authentic. Per my OP I've never seen slotted Bolt heads before. Just how these slotted bolts came to be on the stock I'm currently researching is another question.
I'm doing some research on my stock as it presents a number of other yet un-resolved questions to my untrained eye.
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