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Message started by Ted on Jun 12th, 2013 at 5:06pm

Title: Re: Fancy Krag Sporters
Post by Ted on Jun 13th, 2013 at 3:24pm
The soft bolt condition may be very common.  I was a metallurgist before retiring.  In the late 60's I had access to a broken bolt as well as a blown receiver.  The bolt head was not haardened.  The receiver was very brittle, probably from "burnt steel" from over heating for forging as were some early 03's.  The bolts I purchased in the 60's were used for the .219 Zipper and later in the target rifle.  They had soft heads as did the used bolt in the Mannlicher before I had them hardened and tempered.

Ted

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