Bolt Corrosion/ Pitting??

[Apthorpe]

Nobody's running Fort Knox. If a gun cupboard is secure enough for the rest of the rifle, it's secure enough for the bolt. If one cupboard isn't secure enough, it seems unlikely that two is really any better. Who keeps the action and barrels of their shotguns in different safes?

 

[VSS]

Who keeps the action and barrels of their shotguns in different safes?

Well I do, because it's the only way I can fit them all in
Have to take the shotties to pieces and squeeze the bits in around the rifles, and whatever bits are left over when the main safe is full have to go in the ammo safe.

 

[McKenzie]

Bolts & forends stored in separate safe.

 

[The tramp]

Pah, everything loaded and ready, under the bed within easy reach

 

[Dalua]

Idiotic things. Safest place for any rifle bolt is in the rifle. I used to know a bloke who wandered about with one stuck on his hip like he was John Wayne

Did John Wayne also have a bolt-holster? Sensible chap if he did: it's a good idea to keep the bolt out of your rifle if it's left in a car or a hotel-room, and I can't think of a better way to keep the bolt from getting grubby or lost than on your belt in a bolt-holster.

 

[enfieldspares]

Boss Godfrey, the Walking Boss in Cool Hand Luke kept his in his belt. He didn't use a belt holster. Don't know about John Wayne though. But I too think a bolt holster is daft. An affectation. If you're out and about keep it in the rifle. If not keep it in a separate safe.

 

[Dalua]

But I too think a bolt holster is daft. An affectation. If you're out and about keep it in the rifle. If not keep it in a separate safe.

If only I inhabited so binary a world! It is for the stages between 'stand by for action' and 'locked up at home' that the bolt-holster is invaluable.

It isn't clear how so unobtrusive a bit of kit could be useful as an affectation - it can't even be seen under a jacket.

 

[thorneyglatt]

Boss Godfrey, the Walking Boss in Cool Hand Luke kept his in his belt. He didn't use a belt holster. Don't know about John Wayne though. But I too think a bolt holster is daft. An affectation. If you're out and about keep it in the rifle. If not keep it in a separate safe.

Life isn't always 'out stalking' or 'at home' - there's quite a lot of 'in between' ! When you have to leave the rifle unattended in the car - getting something to eat, comfort break, essential shopping en route, having the bolt on your belt is very re-assuring.

 

[rem284]

I keep my metal work on firearms lightly oiled. A nice clean plastic freezer bag is good to keep your bolt clean when its not in the rifle, ie on the way to shooting ground and back

 

[enfieldspares]

When you have to leave the rifle unattended in the car - getting something to eat, comfort break, essential shopping en route, having the bolt on your belt is very re-assuring.

Never do.

If I haven't a passenger with me to stsay in the car or can't do it AND be in sight of the card AND no more than ten yards away it doesn't get done.

Never have and never will.

 

[Dalua]

Never do.

If I haven't a passenger with me to stsay in the car or can't do it AND be in sight of the card AND no more than ten yards away it doesn't get done.

Never have and never will.

That's why you don't find a bolt-holster useful: for you, it would indeed be an affectation. Interestingly, I'd be particularly keen to take the bolt with me if I had to leave the rifle in the car with a passenger - even a passenger who had that rifle on their own FAC.

Back on topic - you shoudn't store a bolt in a bolt-holster, especially a leather one. It is likely to promote rust, which in turn might lead to pitting.

 

[bewsher500]

OP
Mauser extractor claws are ten a penny
just get a new shiny one