Mystery nut

**WV1951** · 04-06-2016, 11:23 AM

Removed the stock from my new 12FV to do some cleaning and look at the stock. Put back together and laying on the floor was this nut. No idea where it came from and the odd thing, is that it matches the threads on the action screws. Only thing close in my manual is the 10-32 lock nut for the front swivel stud, but it is already in place. Am I loosing my mind?

JW · 04-07-2016, 06:27 AM

looks like you have an extra nut
only nut I can think of on the rifle would be the front stud
I don't think your losing it
Jack

**Texas10** · 04-07-2016, 09:03 AM

Loose nut behind the bolt.

Yep, that's me!

**WV1951** · 04-07-2016, 10:38 AM

A loose nut behind the bolt is a given. If I had taken this apart on my work bench, I could understand finding a loose nut laying around. But I dis-assembled where nothing like this would laying on the floor.

The nut for the front stud is fixed into the stock. The pic indicates a normal shaped nut, but actually it is a special shape.

**Texas10** · 04-07-2016, 06:27 PM

Appears to be a shear nut of some kind. Fairly thin, only has about 3 threads, yes? Used in places where a cotter pin or C-clip isn't quite enough to retain a bolt used as an axle. I have a 12fv and can't imagine it being used on a 12FV.

**Robinhood** · 04-07-2016, 07:34 PM

Nothing like having parts left over when your done?

**drybean** · 04-07-2016, 07:55 PM

Kinda looks like a nut off a SSS comp trigger

**WV1951** · 04-07-2016, 11:19 PM

Nothing is making sense. I suppose it is possible the nut was lodged in my hex key set and when I opened it up, it fell out. Really a long shot, but I don't leave loose nuts laying around the house as a habit. I now have a pic going to Savage.

**Hotolds442** · 04-07-2016, 11:43 PM

We used to have a guy that would disassemble and clean his fishing reels at work. If he'd get called away for a job, at least one of us would add an extra nut or bolt to his parts pile. It was amazing how many times he'd take them back apart trying to figure out where the extra parts went.
The allen wrench scenario sounds plausible.

**WV1951** · 04-08-2016, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by Hotolds442

We used to have a guy that would disassemble and clean his fishing reels at work. If he'd get called away for a job, at least one of us would add an extra nut or bolt to his parts pile. It was amazing how many times he'd take them back apart trying to figure out where the extra parts went.
The allen wrench scenario sounds plausible.

Ooh. That is so mean. Especially for someone like me that has CRS.

**WV1951** · 04-08-2016, 03:08 PM

Mystery solved. I would rather not go into details. Too embarrassing.

**dfrosch** · 04-08-2016, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by Hotolds442

We used to have a guy that would disassemble and clean his fishing reels at work. If he'd get called away for a job, at least one of us would add an extra nut or bolt to his parts pile. It was amazing how many times he'd take them back apart trying to figure out where the extra parts went.

Sometimes we are in need of entertainment and have to make our own.

**Robinhood** · 04-08-2016, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by WV1951

Mystery solved. I would rather not go into details. Too embarrassing.

The only way to clense yourself is to tell the story.

**WV1951** · 04-08-2016, 10:43 PM

If I had to tell my story(s) to cleanse thyself, I would be typing for the next 12 months. (The nut fell from my hex key set).

**Robinhood** · 04-08-2016, 11:02 PM

Excellent. Those buggers come off ever now and then. I bit the bullet and bought these .

Very handy on the lathe too. I wish I could buy one metric for my Iscar though. I guess I'll buy the whole set of MM one day.

**big honkin jeep** · 04-09-2016, 12:44 PM

I was thinking someone had played a pretty good joke on you. when it was you that palyed a pretty good joke on you.

I know a fella that went to a large well known amusement park and dropped a couple of very large washers and a very large nut onto the floor of the sky buckets cable car ride

**BillPa** · 04-09-2016, 01:36 PM

Years ago a guy bought a new '69 Z28. The day he drove home he noticed a slight 'ding'n' sound coming from the rear right side. The dealer checked everything trying to find the cause without luck.
After some head scratch'n the body shop manager finally found the problem. Behind the right rear trim panel was a piece of mig wire about a foot tacked to the floor and bent so it would tap against the body when driving with a note attached, " found me huh?"

Bill

**adammiddagh** · 04-10-2016, 11:13 AM

I heard a story while working at a chrysler dealer. Someone bought a new car and after 6months or so there storted to be a single chirp/beep a few times an hour. The dealer eventually found a smoke detector was shoved in a seat cussion at the factory. Someone had a sense of humor.