Badger Ordnance Oversized Tactical Bolt Knob Install

[stinnett1981]

I need somebody to mill and thread my bolt handle so I can screw on the after market bolt knob

 

[butchlambert]

Mike Bryant is as good as anybody.

 

[toothman]

A second on Butch's recommendation. Mike has a jig for threading Tactical Bolt Knobs. I also have a knob he fabricates from ss. Very nice quality work and fast on turn around. Check out his web site for photos of milling and his custom bolt knob.

 

[stinnett1981]

send me his info please. thanks!

 

[butchlambert]

Try this:
http://www.bryantcustom.com/
You won't find a nicer more honest guy. Not saying they are not more out there.

 

[kendog]

I can do it for you as well. I don't thread the handles any longer. It takes too long, is too much of a pain to get it aligned correctly because none of the handles are exactly the same, and I have had the forces from single-pointing the threads tear the knob right off the bolt body on some handles that didn't have a 100% good heat braze.
Now I cut the old knob off, square the cut at the mill in a fixture, and drill and tap for a 12-28 heat treated stud that transitions to 5/16-24 tpi. The stud is fixed with aircraft grade adhesive and will not come out until you want it to. I do these quite often for 4 local gunshops and have not had one fail yet. Using the stud I get a much cleaner transition than threading the factory handle. One other thing, I have not yet seen a bolt knob that doesn't have a hole inside the knob. I believe these are from the metal cooling when it is cast, and probably doesn't hurt anything in the original application. When threading the shank, these voids are sometimes in the thread plane. Probably not too much of a concern, but it bugs me to see them there.

I also offer the reinforce screw at the bolt handle root to help handle any extra strain put on the factory heat braze joint caused from the added leverage from the longer handle. I use a heat treated 8-40 screw with a smaller than standard torx head (for max strength) and prep the hole with a specially ground cutter that leaves a skin tight fit.
Let me know if I can help.
Ken

 

[kendog]

PM Sent

 

[butchlambert]

Check Mike Bryant's website on how he does his bolt knobs. I think all of these tactical knobs are ugly.
http://www.bryantcustom.com/articles/tacticalboltknob.htm
Ken, not taking anything away from you, but I like the way Mike is doing it.

 

[kendog]

=Ken, not taking anything away from you, but I like the way Mike is doing it.

For what it is worth, I don't care for them either. For rapid fire, I weld Mod 70 knobs on my Remingtons.
I made two of those jigs quite a while before Kiff was selling them. Got the first idea from Lambeth. Sold them on Ebay. Do a few that way and get back to me.

 

[Dans40X]

Correct the issue at hand.

Adding a Louisville Slugger baseball bat to the end of your bolt handle cures nothing.

It's all about the handle LOCATION & TIMING issue.

 

[butchlambert]

Nobody is better than Dan installing a bolt handle. He does more in a week than most smiths do in a lifetime. He knows location and timing. It ain't about just welding the handle on.