I have plenty of machining experience and many times it comes down to feel on manual work and gages. I dont have a local schooled gunsmith to ask questions. I built a remage (savage style barrel on 700) and I have both go/no-go for my cartridge. Bolt closes with the slightest amount of pressure on the go. Will just start on the cam with the no-go. I checked my work against some PPU loaded ammo I have on hand. Requires light pressure to close the bolt on the ammo. Open up easily but the bolt requires a bit of a tap with my palm to slide open. This is a target gun not a hunting gun. Still I feel its a bit tight. I backed off approx 5 degrees (.0008) and the ammo sticks much less. I still have to open to the extraction cam on bolt handle or tap the bolt back. But, it closes with min pressure on a factory cartridge, fals closed on go gage. Lugs begin to engage cams but will not close on no-go.
Any flaw in my method? Any reason I should make any changes? If this were a hunting rifle I would likely loosen up another 5-10 deg.
Any flaw in my method? Any reason I should make any changes? If this were a hunting rifle I would likely loosen up another 5-10 deg.
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