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Ya - ain't gravity a strange, yet wonderful thing... :lol: I reassembled the receiver, cleaning and lubing everything very nicely, aligned the bolt and fit it into the barrel. Four (expensive) test shots later, it's still A-OK. The only problem is the tree the target was pinned-to. There are several...

The bolt head can get out of alignment (if you take takedown the gun and move the bolt for example) Yup - this is exactly what happened to me and the bolt cylinder inexplicably never returned to it's fully extended (and properly aligned) position to fit into the barrel slot as the bolt closed. So y...

Hi - Thanks for the quick reply. As far as I can tell, that long action spring is intact and provided adequate tension to slide the ENTIRE bolt assembly forward. My issue seems to be with the inner bolt cylinder not extending to the limit allowed by the cam pins/slots. I'm attaching some marked-up p...

Greetings - I inherited a Model 8 from my father-in-law a few weeks ago and started to research it (and found a lot of info here and in a few other places). Chambered for .30 Rem, S/N 163288, which indicates it was made in 1930 (I think). A very little bit of rust here and there and a lot of surface...