10-30-2012, 12:44 PM
LRRPF52 Wrote:That's outstanding Quality Control der, Cleatus! This is why I often prefer to build my bolt carriers from scratch with a nice chrome-lined key, with suitable hardness. I never realized how much variation in surface hardness there was until I started staking them with a compression staking tool. One carrier key I had felt like lead, it was so soft, and it was a chromed key all around.LRR What is your preferred brand of gas keys? I sent it back to the mfg SI Defence and am waiting for my new one to return. The staking on the one I removed did not put up much resistance. I am sure the gas key was meant for the 6.5 Lee Navy straight pull rifle.