Mosin-Nagant bent bolts in Canada

[Federico Tyrawskyj]

Hey guys,

I've been looking for a bent bolt to put on my mosin M39. There's some pretty interesting products on the south side of the border like what Jim the Boltman does and some others, but I really don't feel like going through the hassle of filling up all the necessary paperwork to comply with American export law. Is there anyone here in Canada that provides similar products?

Thanks

 

[Hitzy]

It's only a bolt handle, you use your same bolt head, should be able to order from the US with no problems.

 

[.Ben]

^^

nope, you cant even order a scope from us anymore

 

[Spencer]

If you cut off your old bolt handle and the ball you can bend a new handle from a bolt and drill and tap the pieces, then screw it all together. It took me an afternoon to do mine but was worth the effort. The nice thing about doing it this way ( apart from it costing nothing ) is that you can install a straight bolt handle again if you ever want.

 

[Andy]

If you cut off your old bolt handle and the ball you can bend a new handle from a bolt and drill and tap the pieces, then screw it all together. It took me an afternoon to do mine but was worth the effort. The nice thing about doing it this way ( apart from it costing nothing ) is that you can install a straight bolt handle again if you ever want.

That's some nice work - you could make a few bucks selling the service. They mail the bolt body to you, you mail it back altered.

Do you Locktite the threads? Low heat solder? Epoxy? Or just tighten? It would seem difficult to get the handle indexed just right, but I suppose you thread in tight, mark, then bend.

Sorry for all the questions - and I'm not even looking for a bent bolt, just interested!

 

[Federico Tyrawskyj]

Wow, nice work!

If you cut off your old bolt handle and the ball you can bend a new handle from a bolt and drill and tap the pieces, then screw it all together. It took me an afternoon to do mine but was worth the effort. The nice thing about doing it this way ( apart from it costing nothing ) is that you can install a straight bolt handle again if you ever want.

 

[Spencer]

That's some nice work - you could make a few bucks selling the service. They mail the bolt body to you, you mail it back altered.

Do you Locktite the threads? Low heat solder? Epoxy? Or just tighten? It would seem difficult to get the handle indexed just right, but I suppose you thread in tight, mark, then bend.

Sorry for all the questions - and I'm not even looking for a bent bolt, just interested!

I did locktite the threads with loctite blue so that I could take it to pieces again if I ever wanted to. I think the locktite is actually unnecessary. The reason I did it this way was because I did not have a welder at the time, which as it happens was not a bad thing.

I tapped the bolt and threaded the new handle with a thread that is about half the diameter of the handle, at the top of the thread on the handle I filed a recess so the thread does not go all the way to the top. I then screwed the new handle to the bolt, and I could see exactly where metal needed taking off the shoulder to get a flush fit to the bolt. I carefully removed this with a fine file and re fitted/ removed/fitted until it was perfectly flush, same with the ball. When the bolt is tightened up the shoulder on the handle contacts the bolt, and as the bolt is bent it is easy to get it good and tight, it squeeks as it is tightened and is easy to get in exactly the right spot.

Thanks for the compliment, but it's not a hard to do, I think anyone could do it, you don't need any fancy tools, it just takes a bit of time farting about. What I like about doing it this way is that there is no welding, and if a bit of care is taken it looks like a factory job.


PS, the hardest part of this is getting the hole in the ball drilled in exactly the right place. ( I did not fancy the idea of making a new ball : ) After a bit of thought I came up with the idea to glue a piece of cotton thread onto the place where it was attatched to the original handle. I suspended the ball above the drill press vice and carefully tightened it so that when tight the cut surface would be precisely uppermost. This way when drilled the hole is vertical and central to the cut off, and when it's tightened up there is no visible join.

 

[NB.nagantsniper]

i purchased 2 sucg nagant bolts from down south in last year no hassle no problem ..........went thru mail a--ok.