Skylerbone
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You brought up paint chips. Shall we bring up bluing of the rifle as it applies to durability?
Lets do zero in on that comment about tighter tolerances. Yes, the new housings are held to tighter tolerance because quite frankly, they're easier on the molds. Problem is, when fitted to the stock they actually increase the amount of play between the two. So, replacements may be more consistent but also more consistently undersized. Second, thanks to the properties of polymer that allow it to flex, without attention to the specific example rifle, less consistent sear contact should be another result of the space age wonder housing. That would result in a) a lack of consistent trigger pull and b) an increase in wear on the sear.
Now you're wanting me to slam my 700 bolt handle against a rock or tree while tumbling down a slope to prove the theory that a bolt handle can be sheared off by more than one means? No thanks. If you think a brazed bolt handle is as strong as a one piece or threaded go right on believing that what you have not witnessed cannot be reality.
Now, care to answer questions about extracting cases with a broken extractor? Even more fun if it were a controlled feed design.
Lets do zero in on that comment about tighter tolerances. Yes, the new housings are held to tighter tolerance because quite frankly, they're easier on the molds. Problem is, when fitted to the stock they actually increase the amount of play between the two. So, replacements may be more consistent but also more consistently undersized. Second, thanks to the properties of polymer that allow it to flex, without attention to the specific example rifle, less consistent sear contact should be another result of the space age wonder housing. That would result in a) a lack of consistent trigger pull and b) an increase in wear on the sear.
Now you're wanting me to slam my 700 bolt handle against a rock or tree while tumbling down a slope to prove the theory that a bolt handle can be sheared off by more than one means? No thanks. If you think a brazed bolt handle is as strong as a one piece or threaded go right on believing that what you have not witnessed cannot be reality.
Now, care to answer questions about extracting cases with a broken extractor? Even more fun if it were a controlled feed design.
