Thread: Straight and Spiral Bolt Fluting

Any warenty issues doing this to a new rifle?

Yea, any modification of any sort null and voids the factory warranty, whether it be barrel threading for a muzzle brake/suppressor, or bedding the stock, etc, etc. So if someone is concerned about warranty, they should make sure they are happy with the rifle before they get any mods at all done to it. And its not the NZ distributor that's the problem here, its the manufacturers themselves, especially the European brands. They will not honour the warranty to the NZ distributor if you have modified the rifle in any way. I know in some cases the NZ distributors have decided to fix/replace rifles at their cost when the parent company has refused, but you can't count on it.
Greg

ive heard that straight flutting can cause some 'bumping"/catching' problems as you rotate the bolt on the feed lips and the case. how do you get around this. do you just flute one side of the bolt. im trying to decide hiw i want to flute my bolt. straight would be easier since then i dont have to bother setting up the gears on the dividing head. cheers

Rob,
Yea, there can be a bit of a notchie feeling as the bolt turns on the case shoulders with straight flutes unless you run two of them interrupted. Leave an unfluted section on the two flutes that pass over the shoulder of the top cartridge in the mag as you turn the bolt. Good luck.
Greg

do you do barnard p action bolt spiral flutes and how much

Sorry, been away for a bit. Yep, we do Barnards, $150 plus gst.
Thanks,
Greg