Kilroy42
05-04-2023, 12:36 PM
New member looking for help or suggestions.
I have a Savage 24V .222/20ga that had the locking bolt frozen solid. I finally had to put vise grips on the sheet metal locking bolt bracket and beat on the vise grips. Good news, it pulled the bolt back enough to unlock the barrels, the bad news is the sheet metal bracket did not survive.
The locking bolt is the round style and Numrich, Ebay, etc only have the rectangular style. My first question, is there a source for the round locking bolt and bracket, or just the bracket?
The round bolt bracket bends inward where it rivets to the bolt body. The brackets on Ebay do not have this bend and modifying one isn't that appealing if it could even be done. Thanks
Here is the locking bolt, if you look closely you can see why it was frozen solid ;)
https://freeimage.host/i/HSXHTCl
I have a Savage 24V .222/20ga that had the locking bolt frozen solid. I finally had to put vise grips on the sheet metal locking bolt bracket and beat on the vise grips. Good news, it pulled the bolt back enough to unlock the barrels, the bad news is the sheet metal bracket did not survive.
The locking bolt is the round style and Numrich, Ebay, etc only have the rectangular style. My first question, is there a source for the round locking bolt and bracket, or just the bracket?
The round bolt bracket bends inward where it rivets to the bolt body. The brackets on Ebay do not have this bend and modifying one isn't that appealing if it could even be done. Thanks
Here is the locking bolt, if you look closely you can see why it was frozen solid ;)
https://freeimage.host/i/HSXHTCl