Vudoo barrel gap?
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I don't
it doesn't affect any thing since the crud goes back there instead of getting stuck in your bolt face. If it gets excessive, I just get like a tiny toothpick and poke at it. Yours looks so clean Take this for what it is worth ... remember you read it on the internet.
I believe that in the massive Vudoo Repeater sticky thread there is some info on the evolution of the Vudoo repeater breech face. The latest version, which you have, is designed so that some of the crud that comes with shooting suppressed has a place to accumulate between cleanings without affecting function.
If I'm wrong here MB will flame me and I'll never post my vague recollections again. Seriously, if you post questions like this in the sticky thread MR. BUSH is on them quick and you get himself providing the definitive lowdown.
I believe that in the massive Vudoo Repeater sticky thread there is some info on the evolution of the Vudoo repeater breech face. The latest version, which you have, is designed so that some of the crud that comes with shooting suppressed has a place to accumulate between cleanings without affecting function.
If I'm wrong here MB will flame me and I'll never post my vague recollections again. Seriously, if you post questions like this in the sticky thread MR. BUSH is on them quick and you get himself providing the definitive lowdown.
Williwaw is correct - early on, right after the V-22 became available as a complete rifle or bbl'd action, owners who shot suppressed reported issues when they'd stand the rifle upright with the suppressor still attached - especially if they sat it down less than gently. 22RF suppressors collect loads of crud, especially in the first few baffles ahead of the muzzle, and a decent portion of that crud is easily shaken loose when the rifle is set down (like when set in a vertical rifle rack muzzle up after the shooter completes a course of fire), and it naturally falls down through the bore into the breech area of the action. The earliest rifles had a flat breech face with tight clearance between the boltface & breechface, and this crud typically caused binding between the two surfaces because - aside from the extractor slots - there was no where for it to go. The earliest version of the 'coned breech' cut a lot more metal away from the breech than the later version, the purpose of which was to allow room for quite a bit of the suppressor clag to accumulate without causing the binding common in rifles with the flat breech. This is in no way an issue that affects only the V-22 - any suppressed 22RF is subject to the same issue.
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It's probably some sort of manufacturing process that creates the relief in that location but it serves the duel role of crud gutter which keeps the bolt/breech face from being impacted by the garbage.
Just save your old toothbrushes, you can brush as hard as you want, can't hurt anything, a quick air blast and that area stays pretty clear.
It is as stated to let junk fall off of the breach face.
To answer the question of cleaning it out. I remove the bolt and blow it out with compressed air keyboard duster or mu air compressor at the shop. Depends on where I'm doing the cleaning. A Boretech pick set works well as well.
To answer the question of cleaning it out. I remove the bolt and blow it out with compressed air keyboard duster or mu air compressor at the shop. Depends on where I'm doing the cleaning. A Boretech pick set works well as well.
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