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Bolt lug contact and amount of free float
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<blockquote data-quote="Tac-O" data-source="post: 1912198" data-attributes="member: 109994"><p>I have two questions for everyone.</p><p></p><p>I was recently reading something about checking bolt lug contact for squareness. The instructions were to put sharpie on the rear face of the boot lugs, then cycle the bolt 10 or so times. The amount of sharpie worn off each lug should be the same.</p><p></p><p>I did this and the picture shows each lug. This is a Tikka bolt. Does this look good enough?</p><p></p><p>The other question is, how much free float do I really need on my foreend? I have a .30-06 t3x superlite that's bedded into a Boyd's laminate prairie Hunter stock, with torque set to 65in/lbs. I have a little less than 1/16" free float. Is this enough? Do I need more to be sure the barrel isn't hitting the foreend during recoil?</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tac-O, post: 1912198, member: 109994"] I have two questions for everyone. I was recently reading something about checking bolt lug contact for squareness. The instructions were to put sharpie on the rear face of the boot lugs, then cycle the bolt 10 or so times. The amount of sharpie worn off each lug should be the same. I did this and the picture shows each lug. This is a Tikka bolt. Does this look good enough? The other question is, how much free float do I really need on my foreend? I have a .30-06 t3x superlite that's bedded into a Boyd's laminate prairie Hunter stock, with torque set to 65in/lbs. I have a little less than 1/16" free float. Is this enough? Do I need more to be sure the barrel isn't hitting the foreend during recoil? Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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