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KBCraig wrote:

Tom wrote: Kevin,

I don't suppose somewhere in that wazoo you have a #3 bolt head for sale, do you?

I wish I did!

Even Springfield Sporters only lists #0 and #1. The #3 heads have gotten pretty scarce.

My best advice is to check other heads with calipers, or by trying them in your rifle with HS gauges. They do vary, even when they're supposed to be the same size.

Oh, and which spec gauges are you using? SAAMI no-go is 0.067", but the military spec is 0.070". The military field gauge was 0.074". Lots of rifles that fail with SAAMI gauges would be considered perfectly safe under the standard to which they were designed and built.

Kevin

Kevin,

I am using a SAAMI gauge so I am probably OK for a while. I have not found a source for heads
where I can just start checking a bunch of them to find one that fits better. Any ideas on that.

I did find one source for #3 heads but it was in Australia. The bad news is that they can no longer
ship gun parts out of their country.

Thanks for the reply. Sorry about taking over your thread Amy.
I have some really mild .303 load info using 123 gr AK bullets that I could share.
They seem to work well, in my rifle at least.

Kind Regards, to all.

Tom

KBCraig wrote:

Amy wrote:Don't really have a pic, the camera on my cell phone went out for some reason. It's not a longbranch though, if that's what you were looking for.

a.

I'm looking for Longbranch, Savage, and Maltby. I've got Fazakerleys out the wazoo.

Kevin

Kevin,

I don't suppose somewhere in that wazoo you have a #3 bolt head for sale, do you?
My existing Faz with a replacement bolt is just barely good on NOGO with a #2 head.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Tom