Thanks Bill, I have been doing that exact thing. Doing so guarantees the longest possible engagement of the cocking ramp and the cocking pin when lifting the bolt. With the factory angle that can make for a heavy lift. I have some factory bolts that I polished on that are smooth. They don't feel like the timed and trued actions but smooth. I have modified the ramp and the effort was reduced but since it was done by hand it is not as smooth as the SSS T&T but definitely lighter lift. I have a lot of time on my hands and I'm just fiddle farting around and was wondering if adjusting the travel to a shorter stroke would make a difference. So today I'm going to play with that an see what happens to lock time and force. If it lights the primers off and the lock time is not adversely effected it should be good, eh?