I did bump into something that got me wondering, and I thought I should ask about it.

A No1Mk3* came to my place recently. Close inspection, revealed that - from what I can understand - for some reason someone took one of the locking lugs to the grinding stone. I noticed this because it wasn't showing the same rounded profile than what I'm used to see.

The bottom / left side lug of the bolt is slighlty less tall than others I compared it with; I didn't precisely measure it, but it looks like maybe 1/32nd or 1/16th of an inch was removed.

I am not sure what that was done, but more importantely can it weaken the whole assembly, since technically, there is less metal contacting the action and transfering the force when a shot is fired?

Thanks for any tip,

Lou
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