SKS Headspace

by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 13:13 (3943 days ago)

I've READ a lot about it but I thought I'd ask this group if they have any thoughts on the subject of replacement bolts and headspace. I wonder if I'm missing something.

Background. A friend inherited his father's SKS-M (uses AK mags) in which his father had apparently installed the bolt from his other, now long gone, SKS (the standard format) and it didn't work with the mags. He bought a replacement bolt (a TAPCO maybe). It was no feat to swap the parts from one to the other. He did shoot the gun with the bolt that wasn't original to it. This new bolt seems to have less headspace than that old, non-original-to-the-gun bolt.

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Sincerely,

Hobie