[QUOTE=Dave Hoback;436200]Very cool JeepsAndGuns! I don’t have a lathe, otherwise I certainly would have done the same! Thank you for adding that!

Oh, and before anyone feels the need to point it out....THIS WAS NOT MY IDEA! I did not come up with this in way way! I believe it was Fred who started this little trick with the 38spcl./357mag. cases and ball bearings. I’m simply copying what I have seen, and relaying how I did it. I’m going to try one more, and also mill the BAS to the correct length. But I’m also going to mill a round hole in the bottom of the BAS, for the BB to ride in perfectly centered. [Quote]

I think you will find that milling a hole for the BB will increase the friction on the BB by increasing the amount of surface area the BB makes contact with. Making it take more effort to open the bolt. Not as much as the stock configuration but more than the single very small contact area you have now.