Ishapore No1 MKIII* hard closing bolt

[jmoore]

Does having rounds in the magazine have any influence on whether the bolt head crashes the reciever ring?

It's a "matching" bolt, but is it the bolt that it was first issued or is it possibly a replacement? Photos of the action body/receiver and bolt S/N would help if you are uncertain.

I suspect that rear of the action( the split area behind the locking surfaces) is either worn or sprung, thus allowing excess play in the bolt. But ifthe bolt's been swapped it may be just a little undersized.

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[Lucite]

Does having rounds in the magazine have any influence on whether the bolt head crashes the reciever ring?

Its hard to say if the magazine has any affect on the bolt because the magazine isn't riding high enough in the mag well

It's a "matching" bolt, but is it the bolt that it was first issued or is it possibly a replacement? Photos of the action body/receiver and bolt S/N would help if you are uncertain.

There is quite a bit of play with the bolt but I'm pretty sure its the original because there doesn't appear to be any crossing out of a previous serial number and the serial number on the action is 813XXH and on the bolt handle its H813XX