All,
Fitting out a new bolt assembly for my SMLE (1918 Enfield MkIII*) due to excessive wear on the current bolt body and in the rear striker hole (loose striker in bolt body even with a "new" striker installed). I am carefully following Peter Laidlericon's bolt fitting instructions and have only done dry-fiitting of parts, recoil lug bearing surface checks, etc) to date. However, I've run into an issue with all my available bolt heads (5) underturning such that I cannot align the bolt head with the recoil rib. The new bolt body has (in theory) never been installed in a rifle (NOS bought from APEX....no SN stamped...no evidence of filing or grinding on bolt handle, etc.) and is a very nice fit in rifle body channel. Since I do not have a unlimited supply of boltheads (two more coming for a total of 7....fingers crossed) is the only solution to the underturn problem to skim cut the rear face of the bolt head? Or am I missing something wrt the new bolt body and fitting the bolt head?
Thanks!
GC
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