Re: Opening bolt face from .473 to .532
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: field</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You have machine the bolt nose out and then make a bushing to be soldiered in. It is then cut to the correct dia. and can then do the machining for whichever extractor you want to use.
If you are having to pay someone to do this I would just get a new PTG one.</div></div>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: THUNDERBOLT68</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It is not hard at all to have the bolt face opened. You do not need a bushing. But you will need to add a Sako or m16 extractor. The cost will be around 150.00 for the gunsmithing.
If you are going to blue print the action you might as well have it done right and go with a PTG bolt. the cost is going to be around 400.00 for process.
Now I will throw you a serious curve.... This is what I would do.....
Sell your action for 400.00 take the 400.00 you would have to put into the work of blue printing and opening up bolt face and adding extractor. add maybe 100.00 and buy a custom action.
Bam now you have a custom action for close to the same price, and it holds it's value, as well as you get the custom gun oooohs and aaawhs when friends see your project.....
Run the numbers.... not to put down the great gunsmiths on here, but the gunsmith wins when you blue print actions... you win when you just step up and buy custom.... <span style="color: #3366FF">they most likely will shoot the same if you have the blue printing done right...</span></div></div>
After trying the whole boltface opening thing, I've decided that from now on I'm only doing one of the two above suggestions.
