A true story of tonight's events. Didn't know where else to share it. I am helping friend build a long range hunting rifle. Called Jim Briggs and got a new DBM action, a VLP stock, and a Criterion 260 barrel, with a new nut and recoil lug. Once everything came in we headspaced the barrel and he sent it off to have a brake in installed and had the rig Cerakoted. Absolutely gorgeous work. They also applied the Cerakote to the bolt body and the cocking piece.
When we cycled the action he noticed is was much harder to cycle than previously. I told him is was likely the new finish on the ramp and the cocking piece and it would smooth with use. We decided to check the firing pin protrusion since the bolt had been disassembled during coating. I showed him to de-cock and then re-cock the bolt. He want to feel a different action for smoothness. I had another build that has a older LA that Fred had done a T&T job on waiting for a barrel. My buddy cycled the action several times. He took the bolt out and was feeling of the cocking piece for smoothness. Some how he manages to decock the action and when the cocking piece falls it grabs a huge piece of skin between his index finger and his thumb. I saw him jump and thought it had startled him only. He explains his has a "hold" of him. I started laughing and went to my knees. It took me over 2 minutes to find a set of needle nose and free him from the bolt I was still laughing the entire time.
I know... My time it is coming. Who else has been attacked by a Savage bolt?
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