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Originally Posted by 1jonzmith
But why are people selling tools to do this to the Savage? I was conflicted.
John
Who is selling a "Savage bolt lug lapping tools", or a kit?
Well, It's Brownells, 82. http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=4...-LAPPING-TOOLS I'll bet there are more ....probably. Conspicuouisly, Midway doesn't offer a lug lapper for the Savage. I thought I saw a Savage being lapped on their video but I'm not sure but that is what started it for me....that and the nifty spring laoded tool made from a empty brass..
Just because someone makes it doesn't mean there is a need.
I know that. I might sound like a "true believer" advocating but I really am not. I just want to know and understand some of this stuff. And certainly not to get into a peeing contest though those contests usually lead to a better common understanding.
Most tool are a carry over from Remington actions, and it may fit a Savage action, but that doesn't mean that it is needed.
I never disagreed with that. Never heard the Remmy angle on development but seems like it might be true.
You see products everyday that have no need, and people buy them all the time, just stay up late one night and watch the info comericals. Another show come to mind, there use to be a show called Pitchmen on discovery channel, there was a lot of products made and people tried to market that had no need.
I retire at 2 or 3 AM usually. More of my day is spent soaking up trons from the tube than I would like or admit to even. I agree with you on this.
It is called marketing,
Condescension? You are higher than that. ??? ::) ;D
a crafty sales person can sell an air conditioner to an Eskimo in the middle of winter. If someone convences you that you need this product, then you will buy it. Another product that comes to mind is "Speedlock" system, it speeds up the lock time, they use to make it for a Savage action, but they dont anymore.
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Originally Posted by 1jonzmith
It is also almost impossible to remove any metal from the bolt lugs given the bolt head is hard chromed, as is the bolt body.
John
The bold bodies, and bolt heads are not hard chromed.
My Smith told me that. He can be wrong but he tries to be correct and open. I will contact Savage and see if they remember ever doing this. I sure don't know.
The bolt bodies are a carbon steel in the white, that have been heat treated, (And are harder than the hubs of heck.) and the bolt bodies are made from stainless.
Not trying to be a nit picker with this....BUT.....that sentence seems, seems mind you, to contradict itself.
I put a magnet against my SS barrel and it stuck. Same for my brilliantly polished receiver...stuck to it also. The bolt body is definitely attracted, as are the bolt head and baffle and my bolt handle that should be SS. My kitchen sink? Now there is some metal that is supposed to be SS and it could care less about magnets. And as far as my magnet is concerned......that sink might as well be made of glass. I was told a lifetime ago that there are many grades of SS and some of them are attracted to magnets. Finally, after all these years...PROOF. I solved this catchy problem professionally by only ever ordering "stuff" made from "Marine Grade SS". But I never got into the details...