08-04-2013, 06:51 PM
bwaites Wrote:Les Baer has always used Grendel Bolts. He may not be using the hard use bolts, but they are identical to the bolts that AA has used. We pulled the bolt carrier from a Les Baer rifle and compared it to my standard bolt a few years ago and it was identical. That .002 is just manufacturing tolerance.
The bolts were twins, so much so that I would have sworn they came off the same machine, and for all I know, they did. Every measurement we could do was the same, including face depth the best we could tell.
I disagree with the twins. I have 5 different manufactures of 6.5 bolts. The AA has a fish hook milling under the lugs, so does my AR Stoner. They are all close in appearance but that is the only difference. It isn't a structural difference but a "noticeable" difference. Also the lip on the bolt face is different. The LBC has less flat surface than any other manufacture. Again nothing with bolt face depth but appearance is different.[ATTACH=CONFIG]3657[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]3658[/ATTACH] Far left is AA and the used one on far right is AR-Stoner. Second from the end on the right and used is my LBC, I used that on my Beowulf and it works great. Notice how thin the flat surface is, the edge is angled more on the LBC leaving less flat surface rather than squared off like all the others.