Message to Oldelm
I may as well mention this to you here or at the other forum. The bolt head of a Remington is slanted on the top so it will engage the notch consistantly. Don't file it level. See the Remington instead of having ramps like Colt does to put the bolt on a lower plane than the off side of the notch to ensure locking into battery especially when cocked fast it (Remington) has the leading edge of the bolt head higher in relation to the rest of it so as it slides into the notch it is ensured to get to the deepest part of the notch so it can't skip past it. Know what I mean??? It is made to be slanted on the top of the bolt head. If the alignment is off a hair and the cylinder has to turn a hair more you can get your cylinder to turn a tiny bit more by moving the bolt over a hair with shim if the bolt window lets the bolt move a little. If not you may need to file the bolt window a tiny hair of a hair. There should be enough space between the bolt and the trigger. Wait till you break it in some though since that could change for the better when you have watched the movie "Pale Rider" while working the action of the gun through the whole movie.
I may as well mention this to you here or at the other forum. The bolt head of a Remington is slanted on the top so it will engage the notch consistantly. Don't file it level. See the Remington instead of having ramps like Colt does to put the bolt on a lower plane than the off side of the notch to ensure locking into battery especially when cocked fast it (Remington) has the leading edge of the bolt head higher in relation to the rest of it so as it slides into the notch it is ensured to get to the deepest part of the notch so it can't skip past it. Know what I mean??? It is made to be slanted on the top of the bolt head. If the alignment is off a hair and the cylinder has to turn a hair more you can get your cylinder to turn a tiny bit more by moving the bolt over a hair with shim if the bolt window lets the bolt move a little. If not you may need to file the bolt window a tiny hair of a hair. There should be enough space between the bolt and the trigger. Wait till you break it in some though since that could change for the better when you have watched the movie "Pale Rider" while working the action of the gun through the whole movie.
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