Rust resolved... found a DIFFERENT problem
As it turns out, the firing pin isn't dropping all the way because it's getting hung up on the sear... which isn't dropping far enough. When I pull the trigger it rotates down and away, but then it stops and the striker hangs on it. It's preventing the last millimeter of travel.
Which is starting to look like a gunsmith problem.
-AaronB
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- Tikka rifle bolt woes -
AaronB,
2025-09-16, 16:03
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- Tikka rifle bolt woes -
Hoot,
2025-09-16, 16:14
- It's a steel bolt. - AaronB, 2025-09-16, 16:28
- Rust resolved... found a DIFFERENT problem - AaronB, 2025-09-16, 19:40
- FIXED! It wasn't the bolt, and it wasn't the trigger. -
AaronB,
2025-09-19, 07:11
- GOOD CATCH!! (nm) -
JimT,
2025-09-19, 07:34
- Thanks, but... -
AaronB,
2025-09-19, 13:35
- It's obvious-especially AFTER you eliminate all other things - JimT, 2025-09-19, 14:16
- Reminds me... - Paul, 2025-09-20, 09:14
- Thanks, but... -
AaronB,
2025-09-19, 13:35
- Well done! - Hoot, 2025-09-19, 08:41
- Have seen that several times on sporterized Mausers. - JohnKDM, 2025-09-20, 13:28
- FIXED! It wasn't the bolt, and it wasn't the trigger. -
Catoosa,
2025-09-21, 17:07
- ...he didn't zero the scope...? -
AaronB,
2025-09-23, 13:32
- ...he didn't zero the scope...? -
Catoosa,
2025-09-24, 21:09
- Oh, I get that... -
AaronB,
2025-09-25, 07:15
- Oh, I get that... - Paul, 2025-09-27, 10:19
- Back in the day… - Slow Hand, 2025-09-27, 17:11
- Oh, I get that... -
AaronB,
2025-09-25, 07:15
- ...he didn't zero the scope...? -
Catoosa,
2025-09-24, 21:09
- ...he didn't zero the scope...? -
AaronB,
2025-09-23, 13:32
- GOOD CATCH!! (nm) -
JimT,
2025-09-19, 07:34
- Tikka rifle bolt woes -
Hoot,
2025-09-16, 16:14