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Query -Savage Bolt head(2) cutting into action at front lower corner on locking??????
Just checking over my Savage 7.62 conversion and noticed a gouge on the bed of the action just behind and below the extractor groove, caused by the bottom front outer corner of the bolt head cutting in as it closes finally on locking down the bolt. The action seemed to curl upward at that point, a bit too soon, stopping the bolt from closing completely. Is this common?.
I have shaved of the rutted bit and a bit of the upward curve and it now closes smoothly but I'm wondering why it happened????.
Any comments welcome, even rude ones if I'm being dim!.
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10-18-2011 08:29 PM
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Is that the Sterling conversion?
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I've got the same thing on a Longbranch
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Yes. Just thinking it's me being dim and closing the bolt a bit too forcefully without case in chambe!r. I'll check, but I would have thought something else should stop the bolt forward travel before the bolt head rides up like this. It's only a few thou however.
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Very common problem on the No.4 Mk.1*, especially Savage manufacture. The design was flawed in my opinion.
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That will be a wrongly machined extractor way/cam/ramp in the barrel. The maker of the action is academic and it won't happen with No4 barrels or Enfield made 7.62mm barrels. I won't go into the technicalities but................
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