Normal bolt wear?
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:12 am
Is this something to be concerned about or is this normal wear for the rear of the bolt on my pre 64 1894? The marks seem to be made from when they contact the hammer upon cocking.
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Boogsawaste wrote:It’s weird to me because the rest of the gun doesn’t have a lot of “shooter” wear (there is finish wear from possible poor storage). I’ve looked at a bunch of used post 64’s and didn’t really see this. However there aren’t a lot of the pre 64’s around at the shops but googling I’ve found other pre 64’s to show the same wear pattern. Even on otherwise very clean guns. Wish I had more examples to examine locally to see.
Not too many gunsmiths from my area that I would trust either unfortunately.