Had a Bushmaster that was like this. Saw more like it when I sold guns. So Colt isn't the only one that lets things out like this from time to time. In fact I think ALL the BMs at that time were guilty of this.
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Had a Bushmaster that was like this. Saw more like it when I sold guns. So Colt isn't the only one that lets things out like this from time to time. In fact I think ALL the BMs at that time were guilty of this.
isn't that the new bolt group that is ejection side switchable...![]()
I've done this before in one of my rifles. (I'm an over 110GT score 03, just not a vigilant one apparently.) I didn't think you could do this until it happened. The make of my bolt and carrier is LMT.
I have no idea how long it took me to figure out that the bolt couldnt (or at least shouldnt) be able to be assembled to the carrier backwards. I may have been a civy when I learned that.
Is it indeed a colt bolt? Back in the late 90s I knew of a guy that beefed up his bolt cleaning the carbon off with a dremel. To avoid a statement of charges (he already had one pending for a smashed set of nvgs) he stuffed in a commercial bolt he bought downtown over lunch break. Could a commercial bolt of some type have found its way in?
Last edited by sgtrock82; 10-11-11 at 14:40.
Supposedly came straight from the armory but anything is possible.
Heh. When I got to the pictures I got a stupid look and a chuckle. I thought this was an urban legend.
I guess anything is possible, and now I've actually seen it. It is still pretty crazy. I think as an NCO I would probably be humiliated to find out one of my Marines had this issue. Even if it wasn't his fault, I'm pretty sure I'd "WTF, over".
A mil bolt will be marked MPC or MPF, MP-something if you find some 60's parts
Thanks for posting this. When describing field strip and inspection procedures to my customers I always instruct them to be mindful of proper orientation of the bolt. I've never run across a bolt that the cam pin could be inserted from either side, so it's good to know they're out there. I'll definitely be looking for these now!
When I read the thread title, it's all I could think of was, "wow, how could the bolt be installed 180-degrees in the wrong direction?"
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