Theoretical question here.
So what happens if you remove 3/8" from the lugs and abutments?
Would it still have no effect on striker fall/handoff?
Not something we think about often, as blueprinting is usually done at the front end first, back end/trigger last, but removing material from the locking surfaces certainly does change striker fall.
When I was truing 700 actions less than 1/2 a thou was off the bolt face and less than 2 thou off the lugs... often less than a thou... and anywhere from a couple of thou to maybe 5 thou off the front of the receiver depending of how bad the Remington cutoff wheel was ... so it does not affect the back end much at all.
PS
I also took a thou, two thou at the most off the locking lug recesses...
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