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Best Pre-fit Savage barrel? Better than Shilen Super select?
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<blockquote data-quote="22Kreedmire" data-source="post: 1493756" data-attributes="member: 107363"><p><a href="https://www.gretanrifles.com/product-page/double-sleeve-bolt-body" target="_blank">https://www.gretanrifles.com/product-page/double-sleeve-bolt-body</a> Floating bolt head IMO does same thing this service does. Pressure from sear pushes up on rear of bolt very slightly, and the upper lug ever so slightly disengages from the lug abutment. This service from a top gunsmith in the nation fixes it. Or , get a floating bolt head.. to get the bolt body fit to the action bore tight enough that it won't lift from pressure of the sear, the bolt is going to bind with dirt and grit more easily IMO. I see people ask why bighorn would use a floating bolt head ,other than the ability to change it out , if it's REALLY a precision action. This is the answer. Because in theory it's better And the lugs will always be in 100% contact AND bolt face square to the chamber . ARC uses toroidal lugs and it kind of accomplishes the same thing except I don't really know if the bolt face is kept perfectly square to the chamber like a floating head because it's still a 1 piece bolt. But it DOES keep 100% contact. These are just my observations and opinions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="22Kreedmire, post: 1493756, member: 107363"] [URL]https://www.gretanrifles.com/product-page/double-sleeve-bolt-body[/URL] Floating bolt head IMO does same thing this service does. Pressure from sear pushes up on rear of bolt very slightly, and the upper lug ever so slightly disengages from the lug abutment. This service from a top gunsmith in the nation fixes it. Or , get a floating bolt head.. to get the bolt body fit to the action bore tight enough that it won’t lift from pressure of the sear, the bolt is going to bind with dirt and grit more easily IMO. I see people ask why bighorn would use a floating bolt head ,other than the ability to change it out , if it’s REALLY a precision action. This is the answer. Because in theory it’s better And the lugs will always be in 100% contact AND bolt face square to the chamber . ARC uses toroidal lugs and it kind of accomplishes the same thing except I don’t really know if the bolt face is kept perfectly square to the chamber like a floating head because it’s still a 1 piece bolt. But it DOES keep 100% contact. These are just my observations and opinions. [/QUOTE]
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