Good smiths for an 858?

What did you need done?
Eastern Provinces, NEA or Ellwood Epps.
Prairies, Rauch & Wolfgang @ Wolverine
B.C. you have Dlask, Infratek & bronco.
I am sure there are other's such as Frank @ Marstar but I am un-arware of them taking on work.
 
Your problem will be the bolt lock. There are 8 different sizes of bolt lock ( the little latch part that goes together with your bolt ,carrier, and striker.) This is how proper headspace is set on an 858.
 
lone-wolf said:
Unpinning the barrel and setting it back because of headspace.
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The barrels are not headspaced that way... You need a correctly sized Locking Piece for your carrier.

You can headspace a new barrel (unpinned) to any bolt/lock combo, but not pull and reset a current barrel. I have pulled old barrels and spaced by welding the barrel in place, but not an ideal method. Unfortunately not many options for a current barrel.

As explained, Need the locks. Talk to Wolverine... Maybe they'll let you buy all and return 7.. Or send it to them to gauge for you.
 
I had this problem as well (devoured the no go guage).

From what I heard from the gunsmith, none of Wolfgangs bolt locks was right and the gunsmith still has the rifle.

This is a CZH2003 though, which is from Marstar. I wonder if they use different bolt locks on this compared to the 858.
 
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