Indy Ordnance bolt firing test

[DGinGA]

I received the bolt 3 days ago. It is stripped, with an attractive grayish-blue finish. Has their logo on the underside. It fit perfectly with no fitting needed. Seems to fit a bit more loosely in the receiver. The big difference is the 1/16 radius at the lower rear, which seemed to cause all the breakage. With a standard operating rod, theres a sharp tip at the lower end, designed to fit the non-radiused bolt. To avoid all the force of recoil on that edge, I ground it to roughly match the radius, or at least spread the recoil over the whole camping surface. this was done on my regular garage grinder, by eyeball.

The gun went back together as usual and cycled smoothly. My plan was to hand-cycle 30 dummy rounds, but they were misplaced and besides, hand-cycling a Reising gets old fast. So to the range I went, with 120 rounds of S & B factory ammo. The gun ran flawlessly. One stovepipe and one failure to extract (typical for Reising outings). The extraction failure may have been due to the retention screw which was removed with difficulty: it had been punched to keep it from turning. Did my best with a Dremel, but it needs to be replaced. Havent checked yet, but I suspect it has backed out.

 

to summarize: a perfect item. Now I can shoot without worry. Thanks to everyone who made this happen.

 

An off-topic aside: my range limits FA to the pistol range. it was full so I used the 100 yard indoor rifle range. fired 3-5 round bursts and semi. The range officer recognized me, knew I was safe, and let me fire FA (they normally dont). On earlier visits, I let her fire my Thompson and SW 76. I do this at every chance, let range employees shoot my guns. Not for favors - but as an ambassador for civilian FA. We need to evangelize for our hobby IMHO.