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<blockquote data-quote="rockwind" data-source="post: 1063550" data-attributes="member: 84735"><p>well, it has become apparent that the person i bought this rifle from stripped out the screw and action and dumped the rifle here on the forum, without mentioning anything whatsoever. the smith has a stellar reputation and told me that the original owner (the guy i bought it from) had been experimenting with different torque levels and had been communicating his experiments to the gunsmith. the gunsmith advised him not to do be doing this. lucky me. all i can say is, </p><p></p><p>be very careful buying a gun from someone on here. i've bought a few but this is the first problem. kind of shocked. </p><p></p><p>on the plus side i think i found a very good local smith who is going to go up to a 5/16 very fine thread bolt. the thread engagement is very shallow on this rifle action, and with a 1/4x24, i think only 2 or 3 threads were engaging. the rear screw is only engaging with about 2 1/2 turns before it hits the bottom of the blind hole. the front screw does not have a blind hole. </p><p></p><p>oh well, just another bump in the road of life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockwind, post: 1063550, member: 84735"] well, it has become apparent that the person i bought this rifle from stripped out the screw and action and dumped the rifle here on the forum, without mentioning anything whatsoever. the smith has a stellar reputation and told me that the original owner (the guy i bought it from) had been experimenting with different torque levels and had been communicating his experiments to the gunsmith. the gunsmith advised him not to do be doing this. lucky me. all i can say is, be very careful buying a gun from someone on here. i've bought a few but this is the first problem. kind of shocked. on the plus side i think i found a very good local smith who is going to go up to a 5/16 very fine thread bolt. the thread engagement is very shallow on this rifle action, and with a 1/4x24, i think only 2 or 3 threads were engaging. the rear screw is only engaging with about 2 1/2 turns before it hits the bottom of the blind hole. the front screw does not have a blind hole. oh well, just another bump in the road of life. [/QUOTE]
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