AAAAHHHH!!!!!! (Springfield 1903a3 bolt problems)

[brickeyee]

All I could find were highlighters, which I find difficult to see on metal.

A highlighter would be about as bad as bare metal.

i buy 'Sharpies' and 'El Marko' permanent markers by the box at the office supply store.

There is a huge 'graffiti' marker (about 1 inch wide) in the drawer (probably dried out by now though).

 

[Mauser lover]

Man, this thread just will not die!
Not that it absolutely has to though.

I tried a highlighter on aluminum once... it almost worked. I am just not a huge fan of that type of writing/marking implement. Hence the difficulty finding one. I did obtain one and try it later.

 

[rcmodel]

If you can't find a Magic-Marker that suits your fancy, or your vision??

Smoke it with a candle flame, or kerosene lantern flame like sword makers, gunsmiths, and machinists had to do for hundreds of years before Magic-Markers & Dykem layout fluid were invented, or possible to make, or affordable if they had of been.

Candle or oil lamp soot works as well, if not better.
And everyone had to have candles, or oil lamps, or lanterns to see with to work on guns inside back then!

rc

 

[brickeyee]

Almost makes me want to find some carbide ad my carbide miner's lamp.

It is a real antique one.

We used them to blacken sights with for Bullseye.

i have an actual oil miner's lamp that belonged to my grandfather.

About 2 inches tall to hang on your hat.

Either would throw off enough soot to make layout easy.

 

[Mauser lover]

I never would have thought of that, I certainly could have found some candles lying around... Oil lamp, not so much.

 

[Mauser lover]

EUREKA!

Not me. I didn't find it. My friend came and showed me (with a different bolt) that it wasn't the receiver. I really still have no idea what it actually was, but it had to be something with the bolt.

 

[Reloadron]

A highlighter would be about as bad as bare metal.

i buy 'Sharpies' and 'El Marko' permanent markers by the box at the office supply store.

There is a huge 'graffiti' marker (about 1 inch wide) in the drawer (probably dried out by now though).

I just cheat and use Birchwood Casey Sight Black™ Aerosol. One quick pass over the barrel top and front sights and done.

Ron

 

[pyro073]

Are the scope mount screws in or out? If they're in and removable (i.e. not plugged), remove them. One of them could be protruding into the locking lug raceway (is that what it's called?) in the receiver and blocking the bolt locking lug. Feel around in there with your finger and see if you can feel anything amiss.

If someone screwed on a barrel without a proper action wrench or barrel vice, it's pretty easy to bend the receiver without realizing it.

Matt

This!

I encountered a similar issue on my 03A3 sporter and it ended up being a base screw was protruding down a little too far.

 

[BBBBill]

...My friend .. showed me (with a different bolt) that it wasn't the receiver. I really still have no idea what it actually was, but it had to be something with the bolt.

When dealing with a vessel that is supposed to contain a 50,000 + PSI explosion just inches in front of my face, I will not be content untill I know why.

 

[Mauser lover]

Probably just a 1 in 100,000 error in manufacturer tolerances in the bolt. Anyway, not supposed to contain any kind of explosion in front of my face. I will relay your concerns though.