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Fullclip610 · May 11, 2019, 05:02 PM

Thanks for all the info guys. I’ll check all that when I get home.
A few responses. There’s no way anyone ever dremeled it, grandfather wasn’t a gun guy and it sat untouched for 60+ Years. I’ve been the first to touch in since the 40’s..

The eBay type 99 bolt is kind of late to complain about now, it’s been 2+ years ago. It didn’t work back then and I thought something else must have been wrong with it. But recently I got the itch again and some nice man on YouTube said it was bc it was a 99 bolt. Not the worst thing in the world to have laying around. Seems like they only got more expensive lately.

I don’t replace the bolt body. I bought a type 38 complete bolt and used the pin, spring, and safely on the empty bolt that was original to the gun. Should headspace be checked?

About the handloading: I bought 100 rounds of round nose 6.5 jap and also some soft point as well. Either round work about the same. I’m not going to shoot this gun much, just wanted it to get back up and running. So ammo costs won’t kill me.

May 11, 2019, 05:02 PM	#8
Fullclip610 Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2014 Posts: 119	Thanks for all the info guys. I’ll check all that when I get home. A few responses. There’s no way anyone ever dremeled it, grandfather wasn’t a gun guy and it sat untouched for 60+ Years. I’ve been the first to touch in since the 40’s.. The eBay type 99 bolt is kind of late to complain about now, it’s been 2+ years ago. It didn’t work back then and I thought something else must have been wrong with it. But recently I got the itch again and some nice man on YouTube said it was bc it was a 99 bolt. Not the worst thing in the world to have laying around. Seems like they only got more expensive lately. I don’t replace the bolt body. I bought a type 38 complete bolt and used the pin, spring, and safely on the empty bolt that was original to the gun. Should headspace be checked? About the handloading: I bought 100 rounds of round nose 6.5 jap and also some soft point as well. Either round work about the same. I’m not going to shoot this gun much, just wanted it to get back up and running. So ammo costs won’t kill me.