Someone on another forum made a statement that the Vudoo action was multiple layers of steel fused together, rather
than a single block of steel.
Is this true? can anyone elaborate on this?
Gen 1 and the early Gen 2 were two piece receivers and there are two issued patents for my design. This is how I was able to eliminate the lug ways propagating the full length of the receiver bore, like the 40X Rimfire. Shortly into Gen 2 production, the receiver became one-piece.
The bolt handle is friction welded to the bolt body. There's a machine that spins a blank (that becomes the bolt body) at 4400 RPM while the handle blank is held stationary. As the bolt body blank spins, it is moved toward the handle blank until the point of contact. The friction creates heat and welding of the material occurs. What stops the spinning is the adhesion of the two parts.
This goes back to the early production of Phoenix Machine and Defiance Machine bolt blanks prior to the falling out between Glen Harrison and Ken Frankel, resulting in Defiance Machine bringing all their production in-house.
MB
