Who else drops their bolt?

[Alantoo]

Indeed sir I am with you. For those who wonder if I could rest my shocks on my small fleet of motor vehicles how does one do that other than removal?

Jack up the body and let the wheels dangle? Two post lift for every vehicle? I had a couple of early 1950s MG "Y" Type saloons a few decades ago, they had the brilliant Jackall system built in. A hydraulic ram attached to the chassis at each corner and a pump under the bonnet with a diverter valve so you could choose to lift front, back or all four. Very elegant.

My straight pull Blaser is always uncocked, only ever cocked when about to fire. The turnbolt Sako is never uncocked. Both bolts are stored separately from the rifle. No problems with confusion between rifles with only two removable bolt rifles, and I have forgotten to take other things but not the bolts so far.

If a spring has been designed correctly it should never approach its yield or elastic point so time under stress should not affect it. It will obviously be affected by wear and tear / number of cycles. The thing which causes many springs to fail is to be damaged by a nick or scratch...that becomes a weak point which flexes the most and so breaks first.

Alan

 

[User00043]

Stopped storing my bolts separately when i owned .223/.243 and 7x57 all Ruger M77 Mk2 and realised that any bolt would fit in any rifle

 

[Liveonce]

Stopped storing my bolts separately, when I forgot to take the bolt with me I know it’s an old age think but we all hopefully get old. I do use a trigger lock also, even when transporting to permission, fortunately have yet to forget the key

 

[8x57]

Stopped storing my bolts separately, when I forgot to take the bolt with me I know it’s an old age think but we all hopefully get old. I do use a trigger lock also, even when transporting to permission, fortunately have yet to forget the key

I wouldn't worry about forgetting the key to the trigger lock most of them can be removed easy enough without a key.

 

[Woodsmoke]

And rimfires differ from CF. If you can't decock gently, then firing a RF on an empty chamber is usually not advised. risking damage to the firing pin.

CZs tend to be the exception. They have a recess in the barrel that accommodates the cartridge rim and ensures the firing pin never contacts the chamber steel

 

[TH4]

How did you get my name on that post? It's not one of mine.

 

[TH4]

Stopped storing my bolts separately when i owned .223/.243 and 7x57 all Ruger M77 Mk2 and realised that any bolt would fit in any rifle

Got the same with 5 tikkas. Just know I would mix them up.

 

[willowbank]

Bought a couple of CZ .22 10 shot mags awhile back from a guy at the gun club. Went to use them and found they were knackered as he’d always stored them loaded, the springs had zero compression.

WB

 

[Rusty Gate]

Corrosion is a much greater worry than creep from being left compressed over a period of time.

Do you release the shock absorbers on your vehicles when not in use?

Can release a spring but not a shock absorber, that's a given weight of oil which the valve is plunged through only on the bump & rebound.

 

[Rusty Gate]

Bolt left open in receiver
Fit more rifles in that way
Bit of air flow
Spiders can escape
Dont leave bolt behind

sorted

Same

 

[MarinePMI]

Always stored with bolts in, hammer down. Mostly from habit over the years, as that is how we stored them in the armory in the Corps. Inspect chamber, let the bolt go home, then pull the trigger. Then put in the rack for the next time they're needed.

 

[Pete1774]

I store my bolts (and the moderators) in the ammo cabinet which is seperate from the gun cabinet.

 

[Crowstalker]

Bolts are always stored separately it's a legal condition here. And decocked.

 

[Woodsmoke]

How did you get my name on that post? It's not one of mine.

Absolutely no idea I think this was actually @gonzo's quote. The speed and deadly efficiency with which I can deploy my honed Luddite skills is breathtaking sometimes

 

[paul o']

I store mine bolts open .

 

[riflerob]

Bolts out and in the ammo cabinet.

I've got to open the ammo cabinet to get ammunition - so no reason to forget to get a bolt at the same time.

 

[MarkD123]

Bolts out, de-cocked, store separately to rifle.
Same drill for me each and every time.

 

[mudman]

I will confess I do not even know how to de cock the bolt. Did not realise it was a 'thing', as they say these days.

 

[User00036]

I will confess I do not even know how to de cock the bolt. Did not realise it was a 'thing', as they say these days.

Keep the finger pulling on the trigger when closing the bolt. ALWAYS TAKE THE MAG OUT FIRST. & point it down.

 

[Kiwiguy]

These are the wooden items I made to
de-cock and re-cock my bolts. I have them for Schultz and Larsen Legacy and Victory plus Sauer 202 and Cooper rifles.