Bolt Group Buy - Possible?

[cory]

I don't. My thoughts would run towards seeing if we can work something out with AA, for the following reasons, among others:

1) Bill has done a TON of development work figuring out the best steel, radius dimensions, extractors, and geometry of the bolt. He shared that information with people like Les Baer who were assembling Grendels, but I don't think a drawing exists apart from those and the ones at AA.

2) The hard use bolt is superior to the other available versions.

3) Having bolts made by another manufacturer is certainly an option, but they will be basically having to rework bolts that they already make. Will they have proper extractors with proper geometry? Maybe, but I wouldn't want that risk if I was building a high end model with a great barrel!

4) Will they made sure the firing pin is the right one, with the deeper bolt face? Too long and pierced primers become a possibility.

I completely agree. My first, second, and third choice is an AA designed Hard Use Bolt, but if Bill can't help us out do we really have a choice?

Is there any chance we could get Bill and the guy at Maxim Firearms talking? It seems like Bill could use another bolt supplier.