Reminds me...
of when I swapped the bolt on my Swedish Mauser for a bent bolt. A well known gun guy and yours truly couldn't figure out why that rifle no longer functioned... until we eventually figured out that the stock needed relieved to allow the bolt to fully close. Talk about obvious! Finding a hole through the receiver into the locking lug recess isn't nearly so visible as the need to relieve a bolt cut in the stock. As JimT says - "Good catch!"
Complete thread:
- Tikka rifle bolt woes -
AaronB,
2025-09-16, 16:03
- 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