Light primer strikes in my 110.

And these light strikes always came at the most inopportune times, too. Never happened before and started the day I was at my brother in laws garage, pulled the bolt out & set it on the work bench to do a little barrel cleaning. Well, set it on the work bench after I carefully selected a spot that didn't have too much junk on it, performed said cleaning task and replaced the bolt. Never gave it a second thought.

After the 3rd light primer strike in 4 weeks I got worried my beloved '06 was in need of some serious parts replacement. While at home in my reloading room (where I can actually see the bench top) I pull the bolt, set it down and said to myself "self, that just doesn't look right."
I pick the bolt up & look at it under a light.

Here's what I see:
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/...BadBolt002.jpg

A different angle for effect:
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/...BadBolt003.jpg

I had a heckuva time getting that steel ball out of there. The wads of grease & oil you see are from me trying to convince it to come out.
And no, it's not from one of those wonderful home brew .38 special case heads w/ steel ball bolt lift kits. I stopped using that quite a while ago.

Moral of the story:
Ya just never know...

Looks like it is from the collar by the bolt handle. It is supposed to sit in the little groove on the bolt body and inside the hole visible in the second picture.

Nope.
Got one in there.
The "mystery ball" is much bigger than those, too.

I suspect it bounced up from the bench when I was banging around. Or, my brother in law (creep & loser) probably put it in there. He hates me anyway.



PS - that was the FIRST place I looked, too. In the rear baffle.