Need Help With M14/M1A Bolt

[browningautorifle]

I tend to agree that it's a Norinco...

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[mdrim13]

I don't know why, before I did anything with it I would compare it with a USGI bolt and a caliper.

I would like to do this. I do not have a USGI bolt lying around. I searched the internet and got many conflicting measurements. Would you know a reliable sorce or would you be willing to measeure on of yours you have? I would appriciate either very much.

I tend to agree that it's a Norinco...

Without the military markings it almost has to be. Strange that someone would electropencil it though, and three times for that matter. But people are weird and its not all that suprising I guess.

mdrim13

[Phil McGrath]

FWIW I can measure mine, but the general thinking is that bolts from China are unsafe there too soft lacking proper heat treat. I would use it as a cool paper weight. my .02