Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors A few questions about my pre 64 action?

I have a 1955 model 70 in 270 Winchester and when pushing the bolt forward (on an empty chamber) about 1/16� or less before the very end it gets harder to push and when I push a little harder it closes and makes a little sound almost as if some sort of a catch was being compressed. Is this normal? I ask because it does make chambering a round quietly pretty difficult. When moving fast you don�t notice the increase in pressure or sound.

I just want to make sure nothings out of spec with the bolt or chamber. I inherited the gun and have put probably 25 rounds through it and I have no idea how many were shot through it before I got it?

Also there are some light gouges in the left side (interior) of the action where the bolt runs (sorry don�t have pics right now). I know the action has been cycled quite a bit but I don�t know how these got there could they be tooling defects?


Thanks

Look on the left rear of your bolt shroud at the spring loaded plunger sticking out, the part you push in to field strip the bolt. It should be contacting the rear left receiver about the timeframe you're describing.