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Check the inside of your bolts!
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<blockquote data-quote="MagnumManiac" data-source="post: 2268734" data-attributes="member: 10755"><p>Just received a new barreled action for another customer, even though I can't do anything due to lockdown, I thought I would strip it down to go over a few things and knock the pins out holding the trigger assembly.</p><p>First thing was to disassemble the firing pin assembly from the bolt….what a mess it was inside that bolt! There was a black greasy substance that was coated all through the coils of the firing pin spring and upon flushing it with solvent there was a lot of cutting chips caught in the coils and in the bolt body itself. Ran the Hawkeye in there and there was a chip still attached in the cone part of the bolt body cut. Was able to knock it off and polish the area lightly just with a shaped piece of brass rod. Flushed everything again and oiled it up and re-assembled it.</p><p>If I hadn't removed those chips or the goo that the factory had smeared in there, I think this rifle would have had problems down the track with misfires and other nasty happenings.</p><p>Check your bolts! This is not the first time I have seen this.</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnumManiac, post: 2268734, member: 10755"] Just received a new barreled action for another customer, even though I can’t do anything due to lockdown, I thought I would strip it down to go over a few things and knock the pins out holding the trigger assembly. First thing was to disassemble the firing pin assembly from the bolt….what a mess it was inside that bolt! There was a black greasy substance that was coated all through the coils of the firing pin spring and upon flushing it with solvent there was a lot of cutting chips caught in the coils and in the bolt body itself. Ran the Hawkeye in there and there was a chip still attached in the cone part of the bolt body cut. Was able to knock it off and polish the area lightly just with a shaped piece of brass rod. Flushed everything again and oiled it up and re-assembled it. If I hadn’t removed those chips or the goo that the factory had smeared in there, I think this rifle would have had problems down the track with misfires and other nasty happenings. Check your bolts! This is not the first time I have seen this. Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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