You guys aren't listening. His issues have nothing to do with the chamber, carbon, copper, or anyting else like this. Monte is a high level competitive shooter, I'm sure he knows how to clean his barrel.


I jwrote and then deleted a bunch of stuff related to timing and cocking sleeves and pin. I went back and re-read what you said.

Is it possible that your bolt body is on the long side of the tolerance?

If it was, it would cause your bolt handle to run in back side of the slot. It would also give you some PE related issues since it is pushing everything further away from the rear of the action. The closing feel you are feeling could actually be the bolt handle interfering in the slot. When you put in the feeler gauge it would make it interfere even more because you are pushing it back further.

Measure this bolt body length against another SA bolt body. Or, simply try a different bolt body and compare where the bolt handles land.