Any news from Yankeetown?
I'm not making headway on converting a spare M2 Springfield bolt head to centerfire. I really really would like to know how Wotkyns, Whelen, et al accomplished it in 1929 when they altered M2's at the Armory for initial .22 Hornet development. A description of the conundrum would have me talking in circles and it defies my photographic abilities. I already screwed up one very expensive piece of 90 year old ordnance, I need to come up with a better game plan.
One very old article, maybe in a 1920's-30's American Rifleman, or maybe in an early book, said "fit a centerfire bolt" and another said "use a converted 1922M1 bolt." A centerfire bolt would have to be shortened, lugs removed, probably headspace on the safety lug, and would need a rimfire extractor. I don't know the difference between the M1 and M2 bolts.
Bruce
