Chappy said:
Dusty Stevens said:
Id bet nobody wants the liability and it would be a one off job. Are you stuck on a howa enough to buy a $2000 bolt?
Would a one piece bolt run up into $2000? I was looking at spending more like $500.
A new bolt for a custom action runs about $500-$600. What would be the difference except what you are talking about doing is a one off that would take several times as long to make because of being a one off? The time to do a one piece is also way more than a two piece and requires a lot more material, most of which winds up in metal chips. A two piece with the handle properly tig welded and timed would be considerably less, but still quite expensive to make, while being just as good, for all practical purposes. Case in point...most all actions, custom and factory, use a two piece bolt without issue.
As has been asked already, what are you looking to gain by making a bolt? If tighter fit in the raceway is the goal, there are very effective and much less expensive ways to go about it.--Mike Ezell