Tactical bolt release on CSA VZ 58

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ErikTheAngry

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Hi folks... long time lurker, but first post :)

I am looking to start my first "real" smithing project. It's a small one, and that's probably a good thing. Depending on the advice I get here, it may or may not send me back to the drawing board.

I have a CSA VZ 58 Sporter with the AR mag well adapter on it. The existing tactical bolt releases I've seen are not "recommended" for my particular rifle. But that doesn't abate my desire to have a tactical bolt release. So I got to thinking about how I might engineer my own.

Ultimately, my solution involves adding a small extension, and adding a lever to that extension to pull the bolt release down and clear of the bolt. There'd be lots of leverage with the solution, so it would probably be a pretty simple task to do - the actual lever would be on the body of the rifle - simply push the trigger finger up and it'll pull the bolt stop down.

With that method, I am concerned though that the bolt stop won't go down quickly enough, which will cause the bolt to scrape along the bolt stop and wear them both out much faster than normal.

Is this a warranted concern? How do most of the bolt releases on other rifles (professionally designed) operate?
 
Why add a moving part? These won't work?

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deemoney said:
I dont think they work with the ar mag well adaptor.
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Correct.

The idea behind the moving part is leverage. It's not far from the existing designs, just a longer lever with a pivot point in it. The way I see it, lots of force means you might or might not push hard enough - a little force and you've disrupted yourself less.

It would be a moving part, but only moving in so much as allowing the force to pull the stop down without trying to pull it against the metal. The actual pivot point would likely only be a pin sitting inside a dimple. The point where the lever attaches to the stop would likely just be a tongue-in-groove type deal with a pin holding it in place.

I just want to do my preliminaries with experienced smiths and see if any agree with my concerns about undue wear and tear on the bolt/stop.
 
As a followup, I've taken the project to a machinist friend of mine, who is in the process of fabricating me a part; elected to use existing designs as with the non-modified mag well, for simplicity. If it doesn't work well, I'll go back to the drawing board :)
 
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