JUSTinTYME
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Good morning everyone, been too long since I've been on here. Anyway I just had a lot of work done on my model 98. It has a nice new boyd's walnut stock, rechambered to 30-06, cerakoted to sig gray, and I had an aftermarket trigger put in.
The problem is the bolt seems extremely stiff now that all this work was done to it. It could just be me but I don't remember it being this hard to open the bolt. I'm not talking about just when I'm shooting either. Its when the bolt is opening and cocking. I have not shot it yet, just safety checked it and dry fired it. I plan on going to the range today and maybe taking it for bear tomrrow-wednesday.
Any ideas why the bolt seems to be stiffer? Maybe the fresh cerakote tightened everything up a litt bit and it will loosen up a little after I put some rounds through it?
I know, pics or it didn't happen. I'll get some soon.
The problem is the bolt seems extremely stiff now that all this work was done to it. It could just be me but I don't remember it being this hard to open the bolt. I'm not talking about just when I'm shooting either. Its when the bolt is opening and cocking. I have not shot it yet, just safety checked it and dry fired it. I plan on going to the range today and maybe taking it for bear tomrrow-wednesday.
Any ideas why the bolt seems to be stiffer? Maybe the fresh cerakote tightened everything up a litt bit and it will loosen up a little after I put some rounds through it?
I know, pics or it didn't happen. I'll get some soon.
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