The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Check Headspace after switching out bolt shroud?

HiBC · June 23, 2019, 02:45 PM

First,I have not worked on a Savage.But lets think about how most bolt actions work.

I assume you did not loosen or turn the barrel.

When the bolt is in battery the rear face of the bolt locking lugs rest on the receiver locking lug recesses. I don't think you changed anything there.

I don't think the distance from the bolt locking lugs to the bolt face changed.

So long as you did not rotate the barrel,the effective chamber depth did not change.

Those are the features involved in any change in headspace.,I think. Does that seem correct to you,OP?

June 23, 2019, 02:45 PM	#4
HiBC Senior Member Join Date: November 13, 2006 Posts: 8,350	First,I have not worked on a Savage.But lets think about how most bolt actions work. I assume you did not loosen or turn the barrel. When the bolt is in battery the rear face of the bolt locking lugs rest on the receiver locking lug recesses. I don't think you changed anything there. I don't think the distance from the bolt locking lugs to the bolt face changed. So long as you did not rotate the barrel,the effective chamber depth did not change. Those are the features involved in any change in headspace.,I think. Does that seem correct to you,OP?