Striker straightening

[Peter Laidler]

I was talking about this an hour ago and from the other Armourers, they say that that the No4 strikers only ever bend where it extends out of the rear of the bolt in the cocked or fired position........... just where it is positioned when someone drops the rifle. It's obvious really!

On that basis, the position of the bend is known so straightening it should be a doddle.

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[Thunderbox]

they say that that the No4 strikers only ever bend where it extends out of the rear of the bolt in the cocked or fired position........... just where it is positioned when someone drops the rifle. It's obvious really!

It was also a gunsmiths' bodge to bend the cocking piece down (ie bend the arse end of the pin up) in order to restore a normal trigger pull to those rifles that had developed a "hair trigger".....