Quote Originally Posted by sharpshooter View Post
If a bolt body is too long, it simply won't close. If the bolt handle doesn't fall into the notch, you can't push it far enough ahead to get it to do so, maybe on an empty chamber but not with a round or headspace gauge in.
Like I said before.....a bolt sleeve that has cracked is because it was defective to start with. Essentially, bolt bodies have no bearing on headspace.
Beat me to it. There is not much room between the end of the bolt head and the barrel. I have never seen a bolt body off spec enough for this to happen. Once cocked the bolt is being pushed to the rear.