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bolt set higher seems to drop earlier
Thanks M.D. For the clear explanation. One would wish such information to be bundled and readily available for all. Darned, if only there was a Muzzleloader-Wiki of some sort... I took material off of the correct bolt side, and now the bolt fits just fine in all notches. There is still slight... -
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bolt set higher seems to drop earlier
Thanks Bear Rider, But my slots are the most untapered and my bolt is the most engaging of them all! ;-) I find it fun to exchange thoughts, and certainly nice that people help eachother on a forum like this. When I noticed that the bolt didn't fully bottom out, I decided to change that, so... -
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bolt set higher seems to drop earlier
Thanks Treestalker, Haha, true, chances are that I indeed solved a non existent problem ;-) I feel that there's more to it though. The contact surfaces between bolt and notch seem pretty small to me. No wonder, as these notches are allready tiny themselves, and only a part of the notch side... -
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bolt set higher seems to drop earlier
Oops, did I realy write 1960... 1860 is more like it, sorry for that. Here's a picture, and will help to understand what I meant: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107303069/Pietta%201860%20bolt%20higher%20-%20drops%20sooner.JPG -
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bolt set higher seems to drop earlier
Hello all, I bought myself a nice Pietta 1960 sheriff .44 and tweeked it a bit. I had trouble with the bolt peening the cylinder stop notch. It wasn't that the bolt dropped too late, but the bolt was just too wide (wider than the stop notch. So I took some material off of the bolt's side and...