Who sells enfield bolt heads?
- Thread starter nomad 68
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A few dealers can help, as well as some gunsmiths. Trouble is, You need to know what length you need for proper headspace, and that's a bit of a trial and error thing. If you have a headspace gauge, and with you are closing on the "no go" gauge, use a caliper, measure how long your bolt head is, and you know you need one which is slightly longer. You then have to find one of the proper length.
But even then, you're not out of the woods. Sometimes with a spare bolt head, it won't screw properly to "12 o'clock". You may screw the new bolt head in, and find that it stops a few degrees just shy of 12 o'clock. Or, sometimes, it overturns PAST 12 o'clock by too much of a margin (I think the safe zone is below 20 degrees), and that's not good either.
Best is to stop by someone's shop where there are a few bucket-full of spare bolt heads
Lou
But even then, you're not out of the woods. Sometimes with a spare bolt head, it won't screw properly to "12 o'clock". You may screw the new bolt head in, and find that it stops a few degrees just shy of 12 o'clock. Or, sometimes, it overturns PAST 12 o'clock by too much of a margin (I think the safe zone is below 20 degrees), and that's not good either.
Best is to stop by someone's shop where there are a few bucket-full of spare bolt heads
Lou
nomad 68
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Thanks Lou,i think i'll just take it to a smith to handle this.A few dealers can help, as well as some gunsmiths. Trouble is, You need to know what length you need for proper headspace, and that's a bit of a trial and error thing. If you have a headspace gauge, and with you are closing on the "no go" gauge, use a caliper, measure how long your bolt head is, and you know you need one which is slightly longer. You then have to find one of the proper length.
But even then, you're not out of the woods. Sometimes with a spare bolt head, it won't screw properly to "12 o'clock". You may screw the new bolt head in, and find that it stops a few degrees just shy of 12 o'clock. Or, sometimes, it overturns PAST 12 o'clock by too much of a margin (I think the safe zone is below 20 degrees), and that's not good either.
Best is to stop by someone's shop where there are a few bucket-full of spare bolt heads
Lou
Esier and MUCH cheaper is just to use whatever bolt-head you have and fire-form your ammo with Ed's Famous O-Rings.
You can use pony-tail ties (buck a hundred from your friendly local Dollar Store, girls' department) if you are cheap like me.
Put the O-ring on the base of the round, just ahead of the rim, fire like that.
Brass comes out, it is fireformed to YOUR chamber, headspaces on the SHOULDER perfectly.
Now you just neck-size and you're away, down the path to Match-grade ammo at HALF price.
You can use pony-tail ties (buck a hundred from your friendly local Dollar Store, girls' department) if you are cheap like me.
Put the O-ring on the base of the round, just ahead of the rim, fire like that.
Brass comes out, it is fireformed to YOUR chamber, headspaces on the SHOULDER perfectly.
Now you just neck-size and you're away, down the path to Match-grade ammo at HALF price.
^ This is quite possibly the best tip I've ever received on this site. My .303 brass is on its 5th firing, with no signs of trouble (granted I'm also shooting "The Load", another one of Smellie's suggestions).
I'm also going to try this with my next batch of 7.62x54R
I'm also going to try this with my next batch of 7.62x54R
The Frogge
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I found that elastics fro braces work as well. Can use the different colours to let you know which rifle the brass went with when you get home and sort it.
