NO4MKII Bolt

[Ridolpho]

Guessing Mr Tickle is in the USA - nowhere else in the world seems to be worried about stripping a rifle down to its constituent parts. Is it like the American phobia for 'head spacing' - whatever you find is unlikely to make any difference.

Well, most of us are not recruits in the army, rather collectors responsible for taking care of our often valuable artifacts. If I see rusty fluid dripping out of the bolt I strip it and find out what's up. They were meant to come apart and it's probably not a good sign if they don't. Even here in bone-dry Alberta on the Great Plains I find the odd rifle with serious active rust. Judging from motorcycle parts I've imported from England, it must be a never ending battle for you guys. As to any tendency to strip things down to their constituent parts, yeah- guilty as charged. It's a big part of the hobby for me. For example, I just took delivery of a Johnson automatic- could you possibly own that and NOT strip it down?

Ridolpho