03A3 Suspect Bolt

[jmoore]

The questionable area on the bolt doesn't look like a crack in the photo. More like a deep gouge or localized corrosion. Perhaps it's an artifact from localized hardening of the cam surface?

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[Emri]

The questionable area on the bolt doesn't look like a crack in the photo. More like a deep gouge or localized corrosion.

I agree with jmoore. What he said is what it looked like to me before I read this far down the page. It is not a critical area (safety-wise) so don't worry about it. No need to replace the bolt unless it starts giving functional problems ( sticky bolt lift due to erosion of the cocking cam surface ).

HTH,

Emri