I've got a very rough Gew71 that's missing a bolt. Wondering if anyone can give me info on how close the 71/84 bolt is to the original 71 bolts - figuring out if I could modify a 71/84 bolt to work in the 71. I know it won't drop in, but if it's anywhere near close I can either machine it down or build it up to fit... saves having to build something from scrap.
Gew 71 bolts... 71/84 bolt similarity?
- Thread starter H Wally
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I compared a M-71 bolt to a 71/84 bolt I have here and it appears that it would be be possible if a person was determined enough.
Most of the changes would involve removing metal which would likely be a good thing.
The 71/84 bolt head would need to be turned back to fit. The sear contacts a protrusion on the cocking piece of the 71/84 and it contacts the barrel of the cocking piece with a ramp milled behind it on the M-71. The extractor are in different positions as well.
The ejector would get tossed as the M-71 never had one.
There are other small differences but the bolt bodies are the same diameter, and it looks like it locks up in the same.
Most of the changes would involve removing metal which would likely be a good thing.
The 71/84 bolt head would need to be turned back to fit. The sear contacts a protrusion on the cocking piece of the 71/84 and it contacts the barrel of the cocking piece with a ramp milled behind it on the M-71. The extractor are in different positions as well.
The ejector would get tossed as the M-71 never had one.
There are other small differences but the bolt bodies are the same diameter, and it looks like it locks up in the same.
