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#2620070 - 12/05/08 12:55 AM Mossberg ATR Train wreck!
Yukoner Offline
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Registered: 02/06/01
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Was in the local emporium today and saw something quite unique.

Here's the bolt out of an ATR in 308 that has fired less than a box of factory ammo.







The bolt body is not threaded into the bolt head. It is pressed in.

Worse, the bolt body is splined, but the head is smooth!




The customer is upset, but the dealer here is really choked, as he has sold a few, and now is concerned about his customers having this happen in the field.

Anyone else seen this?

Ted

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#2620092 - 12/05/08 02:32 AM Re: Mossberg ATR Train wreck! [Re: Yukoner]
hwgtyd Offline
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Registered: 08/11/07
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Loc: Maine
If that isn't a poor design I don't know what is. Actually, I'm not sure that even classifies as a design.

Sorry, I don't have any experience with the ATR and likely never will. Thanks for sharing the pics.

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#2620101 - 12/05/08 02:59 AM Re: Mossberg ATR Train wreck! [Re: hwgtyd]
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My son has killed a bunch of deer with his.
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#2620242 - 12/05/08 05:17 AM Re: Mossberg ATR Train wreck! [Re: Yukoner]
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Nothing that JB Weld can't fix...

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#2620251 - 12/05/08 05:23 AM Re: Mossberg ATR Train wreck! [Re: Rancho_Loco]
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 Originally Posted By: Rancho_Loco
Nothing that JB Weld can't fix...
Or a Hobart... \:D
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#2620438 - 12/05/08 06:55 AM Re: Mossberg ATR Train wreck! [Re: Yukoner]
Tom264 Offline
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All I can say is WOW!.

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#2620470 - 12/05/08 07:06 AM Re: Mossberg ATR Train wreck! [Re: Tom264]
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They should change that moniker from ATR to LD (Lawyers' Delight)..
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#2620543 - 12/05/08 07:41 AM Re: Mossberg ATR Train wreck! [Re: Redneck]
Colorado1135 Online content
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Registered: 02/09/08
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not surprising from a cheap manufacturer, why not spend the extra hundred and get a used remington? or better yet a savage 110
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#2620544 - 12/05/08 07:42 AM Re: Mossberg ATR Train wreck! [Re: Redneck]
FVA Offline
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Registered: 08/18/02
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Loc: NY
Disgusting!
So, is this one of those bolt designs where it might be possible to close the bolt but the lugs not be engaged? The thought scares the chit out of me.
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#2620546 - 12/05/08 07:43 AM Re: Mossberg ATR Train wreck! [Re: Colorado1135]
corelokt Offline
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Registered: 02/17/03
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Loc: Upstate N.Y. (not the city, th...
Press fit?, no threads?, not even a pin?
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