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I just installed two Brownells crossbolts in a stock. They fit VERY tightly and have to be drifted out with a punch. Question is; do you guys bond the shafts of the crossbolts in or do you just leave them a "press fit"? "I ask, sir, what is the Militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effective way to enslave them" - George Mason, co-author of the Second Amendment during the Virginia convention to ratify the Constitution | ||
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press fit, unless we are dealing with a >600 bore | |||
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Sometimes, I wish I'd put a drop of epoxy on the shafts......because....Months later, you get the parts and pieces back from an engraver, or case hardening and the bloomin' wood has moved,,shrunk and or expanded...now the bolt heads will "pull" the shaft one way or the other...nothing indexes up...and it 's "Aw phooey" time! | |||
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Thanks for your replys. This is on an '06 and they are there primarily for looks although, I've seen many a Model 70 crack between the mag well and the trigger well even in "normal" calibers. I'll take your advice Duane, and put just a touch of epoxy to keep them in place. "I ask, sir, what is the Militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effective way to enslave them" - George Mason, co-author of the Second Amendment during the Virginia convention to ratify the Constitution | |||
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I use 1/4"x 20 x 1 1/4" set screws. I drill the stock with #7 drill then use a 3/8" Forstner bit to make a larger hole on each side for a plug. Then tap with an extra-long 1/4" 20 tap. I put acra-glass on the set screw threads and screw them into the stock and acra-glass in ebony plugs. John Farner If you haven't, please join the NRA! | |||
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I put a spiral groove on mine and a little acraglas and they hold fine in the stock. I would say they are a slip fit rather than a press fit though. I just don't feel comfortable pressing them in. SCI Life Member NRA Patron Life Member DRSS | |||
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Maybe that is why the bolts in my neck keep coming undone...no epoxy Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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where I always see M70's cracked is from the recoil lug recess into the mag box opening. Particularly on pushfeed XTR's in the medium & magnum chamberings. The fix on my brother's 338mag was to put the action into a MacMillan stock I cross-bolted and epoxyed and crossbolted it and stuck it on a friend's 30-06, which had cracked (much worse) in the same spot. AD AD If I provoke you into thinking then I've done my good deed for the day! Those who manage to provoke themselves into other activities have only themselves to blame. *We Band of 45-70er's* 35 year Life Member of the NRA NRA Life Member since 1984 | |||
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