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Bolt head question...while trying to solve hard to open bolt
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:01 am
by NLMosin
I noticed this bolt head of a 91/30 I just got is different from others I have. See below. Common?
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Re: Bolt head question...while trying to solve hard to open
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 12:48 pm
by ffuries
I looked on Liberty Tree Collectors at replacement heads and they showed both types. Reason for the differences is beyond me, but it appears that they came both ways. Maybe someone smarter will be able to answer why.
ETA: One site said that the one with the bigger groove is pre-war, the other being war-time. Whether this is true or not I don't know.
ETA: Same answer here on RMNF.
http://www.russian-mosin-nagant-forum.c ... f=5&t=5459
Re: Bolt head question...while trying to solve hard to open
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:19 pm
by zeebill
I have noted the differences many times but for the life of me I never saw any difference in the way they worked. Bill
Re: Bolt head question...while trying to solve hard to open
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:46 pm
by NLMosin
I checked out the link ffuries, looks like the question has been asked before. Thanks, and hello to Bill.
Re: Bolt head question...while trying to solve hard to open
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:59 pm
by steelbuttplate
The one on the right may be an older design, I think I see a big hammer stamp on it that would make it pre-1928. Do they match the gun they came out of? SBP
Re: Bolt head question...while trying to solve hard to open
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 6:18 pm
by NLMosin
The left is from a '44 M44 and the right a '43 91/30 sniper bolt.