I have to say, after taking some time to comb through this action, it absolutely punches above its $900 weight class.
It felt a little draggy on bolt open and close, without a trigger, so I thought perhaps the striker had a burr on it in the area of the shroud. When I took the firing assembly out I wanted to see how the bolt operation felt without any tension and, wow! The bolt will close under its own weight and open effortless and feels buttery smooth.
The striker/cocking piece didn’t have any burrs on it, but what I found was a slightly tight interface between bolt shroud and bolt body. I reinserted the shroud into the bolt body with some Autosol metal polish and lapped the two together. Night and day difference. I don’t recommend it for anyone to just do, and I’m sure I only accelerated what would have happened over hundreds or thousands of cycles, and I assume all responsibility, but wow. I’m a machinist and a tinkerer. It’s in my nature.
Did I mention wow?
Also, I have my hangar setup to have .005” of cock on close and .256” of pin fall. Feels great and I’m sure ignition won’t be an issue.
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