Striker Boing ?

[Peter Laidler]

Let's all NOT forget that what we're talking about here is a simple, reliable, tried and tested No4 Enfield battle rifle.......................

[armabill]

Well, I guess I'll have to remove the striker to see what, if anything, is going on. I'm curious.

I already have the removal tool from Arrowmark which I bought here in the U.S. The extra striker and spring I got from Sarco.

I'll let everyone know what I find and take pics if needed.

[armabill]

I took it apart.

The striker protrudes out past the bolt body by .600". The spring is not broken and has flats at each end and looks fairly new with good bluing. The spring is 3.250" long.

No evidence of dragging or pieces of chips or anything. Looks like it was that particular rounds primer that didn't work quite as it was supposed to.

[jmoore]

Thanks for the report!

But you may have spoiled an increasingly irrelavent discussion. Now we'll have to wander off track somewhere else.

[finloq]

Thanks for the report!

But you may have spoiled an increasingly irrelavent discussion. Now we'll have to wander off track somewhere else.

We could ask if the spring coils clockwise or counter-clockwise? That might give Peter a laugh. The concentrated application of absurdity can be a wonderful thing.

[armabill]

We could ask if the spring coils clockwise or counter-clockwise?

Now you ask me. I just put it all back together!

Anyway, the tool didn't fit quite right. I could feel that it wasn't properly engaging the striker cut outs. So, I pushed hard and slowly turned it loose. Yes, I did remove that screw second, first was removing the tool head.

Upon removal, I saw what the problem was concerning the tool fit. The half moon cut outs was burred up, probably when last installed.

Now I know that there will be a collective sigh and eyes rolling, but I got my Dremel tool out. I selected a metal cutting bit that was just right and very carefully took off the offending burrs. Now the tool fully seats and is a lot easier to put back on.

Thanks for everyone's input. If it wasn't for that, I'd probably would have never taken it off unless there was some catastrophic problem.