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AJ, thanks!

I made a couple fixturing blocks to hold the bolt in the Kurt.



As far as drilling the holes for the retaining pin, I think what the guy left out of that J&G blog post was the threaded fixture that screws into the back of the bolt, gets put in a 5c collet in an indexer, then perhaps the firing pin hole gets a dead center on a mill-top tailstock? I've got all that stuff.... conversely it looks like there's just enough to grab with a collet on the front of the bolt (before you'd hit the lugs) and put the back of the bolt w/threaded fixture on the tailstock.

That pin hole looks like more of a pain than the slot!

I just got an order for some parts with metric threads so before I switch the lathe over for that, I think I'll make that threaded fixture.

I love making tooling. Best way to learn IMHO. Made most of my chambering tooling, my JGS floating reamer holder being the main exception.