View Full Version : Straight handled bolt - Remington or Rock Island?
butlersrangers
06-12-2016, 07:40
When I purchased this loose 1903 Springfield Bolt, it came with a WW2 Remington shroud, safety, and striker-assembly attached.
Is it a Remington bolt or (as I now suspect) a 'refurbished' Rock Island bolt?
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PhillipM
06-12-2016, 04:51
I think there is a lightly struck number to the right of the R , making it a Rock Island.
http://www.vishooter.net/slc16_2008.html
chuckindenver
06-12-2016, 06:35
RIA, that someone drill the gas hole larger on and parkerized
butlersrangers
06-12-2016, 07:08
Thank you gentlemen for your replies. Is it likely this bolt would be a double heat-treat?
John Beard
06-12-2016, 08:06
The bolt appears to be a WWI Rock Island bolt that exhibits a WWII USMC gas escape hole enlargement. Only the Rock Island R 5 bolts were double heat treated and the spurious marking beside the "R" does not appear to be a "5".
J.B.
butlersrangers
06-12-2016, 08:53
Thank you Chuck and John for your insights.
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