Re: Lightening bolt lift
ok i typed this before and it was lost when my connection broke. ill try to remember what i typed...
for the 10pc, look at the bolt lift thread i started. somewhere in there is a thrust bearing for a r/c car that will work with the cocking indicator in your 10pc.
as far as making it smoothier... i polished the spots noted in that link and any others where the baffle contacts the bolt and the baffle contacts the bolt handle. then i lubed them up with a light grease. i used tetra grease. its supposed to penetrate and provide lube even when you cant see it. meh, its in a tube with a tip that i can apply easily, its thick enough to stay and thin enough to spread between parts after you cycle the bolt. i also looked at the bolt after alot of dry fire and any place i saw wear i greased. i may polish the bolt and the upper inner part (you will see where i mean) out in these places or try a dry film lube. but with that black finish on the parts, when they rub its friction. its a perfect birdsong candidate actually. but just doing these things and adding a lift kit had my action really smooth.
here is my take on this, i could be wrong. the resistance that you feel is the firing pin being cocked. the only part thats giving resistance is the cocking pin as its compressing the spring and the friction from that pin against the bolt body ramp dealy (sorry for the technical speak). thats not gonna change, its inherent to the design. no clue how others do it, maybe they have a different design to cock, i cant say. but unless you get a lighter spring, thats pretty much gonna give you that resistance. again, i could be wrong, but in looking at everything and how the parts work in relation to the others, thats what we have with this design. in my opinion.
now i had a T&T done and if anyone has a question about that, PM me. im still not sure how i feel about that process. there was alot of true-ing, making stuff flush, square, parallel, plumb- whatever and thats good. i see some stuff thats good, but does it affect the perceived lift? hard to say as i have nothing to compare it too. i took my lift kit out before i sent it, SSS installed another. i still am having a hard time telling it it is $125 better than it was with the work that i did. feeling it now and trying to compare to how it was 37 days ago... yeah. like i said i was totally happy with it the way i had it before i sent it. would i do it again on another rifle???? hmmm