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- Regina SK Canada
So, I was knocking around the MBR forum (like I do almost every day) and I came across this thread; https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1612953-So-this-just-happened-Game-over-man-gt-lt?p=14622664#post14622664
and had an urge to go back and re-read the whole darn thread.... and that’s when I read this post:
And I believe I have that OPs bolt..... couldn’t tell ya which one it is, but I figured it was time to do this.
In the last 6 months, I have had several customers call/email about bolt replacement due to bolt lugs being sheared off. 7 rifles to be exact, 3 of which sent along the broken bolt and allowed me to keep them. Some fellas want their broken stuff back, which I completely understand and have no issues with.
All of these rifles were post 2014 imports. I DO NOT know who imported them. Some had the year of manuf for the first 4 digits of the serial # some serial #s started with a P or a N before the 5 or 6 digit serial #.
The questionable bolts are fairly easy to spot, they are black in color (not grey) and have 10 circles evenly spaced upon the underside of the bolt (5 per side).
The long and the short of it fellas, is if you’re going to buy a new rifle (or a used one) and you can’t visually inspect it before purchase, and the retailer or seller won’t examine or send pics of the underside of the bolt, DONT BUY THE RIFLE! Unless you feel comfortable with the idea of shelling out additional funds for a bolt
Now as per the quoted section above, I’ll attach a couple pics of the broken bolts I have here.
and had an urge to go back and re-read the whole darn thread.... and that’s when I read this post:
And I believe I have that OPs bolt..... couldn’t tell ya which one it is, but I figured it was time to do this.
In the last 6 months, I have had several customers call/email about bolt replacement due to bolt lugs being sheared off. 7 rifles to be exact, 3 of which sent along the broken bolt and allowed me to keep them. Some fellas want their broken stuff back, which I completely understand and have no issues with.
All of these rifles were post 2014 imports. I DO NOT know who imported them. Some had the year of manuf for the first 4 digits of the serial # some serial #s started with a P or a N before the 5 or 6 digit serial #.
The questionable bolts are fairly easy to spot, they are black in color (not grey) and have 10 circles evenly spaced upon the underside of the bolt (5 per side).
The long and the short of it fellas, is if you’re going to buy a new rifle (or a used one) and you can’t visually inspect it before purchase, and the retailer or seller won’t examine or send pics of the underside of the bolt, DONT BUY THE RIFLE! Unless you feel comfortable with the idea of shelling out additional funds for a bolt
Now as per the quoted section above, I’ll attach a couple pics of the broken bolts I have here.
