need ID on mystery bolt

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 26 August 2023

? from my stash ... anybody know what this is ? ..and anybody want this ? ... ken

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mashburn posted this 26 August 2023

Ken,

Is it possibly a bolt that some-one has machined the end down, to put a rotary bolt head on, such as some smiths are doing to convert, to the little mini center fires? I'm just guessing, I really, don't have an idea.

Mashburn

David a. Cogburn

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Ross Smith posted this 26 August 2023

Is it all there?

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Ken T posted this 26 August 2023

Appears to be a partially finished FN Mauser sporter bolt,I believe Sarco used to sell them.

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John Alexander posted this 26 August 2023

I don't see any locking lugs??

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mashburn posted this 26 August 2023

Hello John,

Your comment about locking lugs is also the reason I thought that it was in process of having a rotary bolt head installed on it .

Mashburn

David a. Cogburn

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MP1886 posted this 27 August 2023

Isn't that a rear lug on that thing? Maybe for a low pressure round like a .22?

That's appears to me to be a safety lug such as on a 98 Mauser or an 03 Springfield. Of course the Springfield was in a slightly differenct location.

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RicinYakima posted this 27 August 2023

I think it looks like a bent handle from a inexpensive Remington or Winchester 22. The bolt head is missing?

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MP1886 posted this 27 August 2023

I don't think it's a 22 bolt. It's not correct for running the firing pin striker near the other edge of the bolt body and normally 22 bolts have a separate front section that is pretty long and doesn't rotate. Pretty definite that is a center fire bolt.

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MP1886 posted this 27 August 2023

Here's what it is, it's a FN Mauser Belgium Bolt.

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MP1886 posted this 27 August 2023

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 28 August 2023

thanks ... oh oh now I gotta read up on Belgian Mauser bolt variations ...

ken

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linoww posted this 28 August 2023

too short for a 98 bolt and the front stepped for separate bolt head and the hole in the front probably is for holding it in.Maybe i missed the rare FN 98 Mauser with a separate bolt head?Also no guide rib on body.

"if it was easy we'd let women do it" don't tell my wife I said that!

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MP1886 posted this 28 August 2023

Sarco has many of these. This is how they describe it.

https://www.sarcoinc.com/fn-mauser-belgian-bolts/

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MP1886 posted this 28 August 2023

thanks ... oh oh now I gotta read up on Belgian Mauser bolt variations ...

ken

Ken my pleasure to help you out. You'll see I posted more on these bolts. Apparently Sarco has a bunch of them and I haven't quite figured out what the devil their use is. It appears they are not complete and you use them for projects as the ad I posted said. In other words they are not part of a complete bolt and meant to make up your one off custom bolt. They do mention 98 Mauser, but we've never seen a 98 Mauser bolt like that, at least I haven't.

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