Having trouble closing the action on my No4 Mk1*, need advise please.

[Peter Laidler]

Sorry if I sould a bit contrary chaps, but....... IF the bolt head is jumping out of the bolt head track on a Mk1* and the gap in the trackl guide is chipped, then there is ONLY one repair. Anything else is palliative and not a cure. Take the bull by the horns, read back on a thread where I explain the REME/Army method of repairing it, and get on with it - properly.

It's not a difficult job....., just fiddly and a good mig or tig welder should be able to repair it in minutes. There's no hardened or important surfaces near by, it ain't going to distort then all you've got to do is to undercut carefully with a fine toothed hacksaw blade.