I have a 510 7-08 and am looking to rebarrel to .223. I am looking for a .223 bolt, but am finding nothing. Can any of the 310 or 10 series .223 bolts be used and just replace the handle and body?
Thanks, a new guy with Striker fever:p
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I have a 510 7-08 and am looking to rebarrel to .223. I am looking for a .223 bolt, but am finding nothing. Can any of the 310 or 10 series .223 bolts be used and just replace the handle and body?
Thanks, a new guy with Striker fever:p
IIRC, you will just need to change the bolt head, Strikers are left bolt handle, but right hand eject, which means they use the regular right handed bolt head. So all you should need is a standard 223 short action right handed bolt head. You do not need an entire bolt, jsut the bolt head.
Short action 223 bolt face and you are good. Takes about 10 min to swap out if that. I do it all the time on my striker.
Thanks for the replies! I was trying to decide between getting a whole seperate bolt, or just the head. I am leaning towards a second bolt to ease / quicken the change over, as it is just the barrel then with a complete bolt.
I would think you'll have to reset the headspace, which ever way you decide. Only takes a few thousands to change things from good to bad. Or, you just might get lucky and everything will work as planned.
Considering he is wanting to switch from 7-08 to 223 back and forth, I would hope he would reset the headspace. LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nor Cal Mikie
Also since nobody else has said it, if your striker has a mag, you'll need to change that and the follower as well to be a repeater.
Changed my bolt head, but had to have it milled 2 places on the face and requires the firing pin hole to be drilled for the larger dia pin. Other than that, pretty easy change.