Aristo! Aristo! A la lanterne!: Play that Funky Bolt Catch.....

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Play that Funky Bolt Catch.....

The weirdly dysfunctional bolt catch on the used CMT power I bought has been preying on my mind. I just cannot picture it in a useful configuration.

I had a lower parts kit laying around, so this morning I swapped the bolt catch for a mil-spec part. As long as I was playing with itties and bitties, I also installed a fire control group, safety, and grip.

Now, I'll be swapping the safety for an ambidextrous unit, and the bolt catch for something a little bolder and more matching the other controls. Hey.... why not go all the way? I mean.... what's a $270 Geissele trigger amongst friends, right?

It will also need the correct buffer and spring, as the lower came with... of all things.... a full size A2 spring and buffer. It was so packed into the tube that a standard bolt would only open half way.

Anywho.... some images for you. Can you think what this weird bolt catch was used for? PCC? Rimfire? I'm stumped.

The oddball bolt catch installed

A milspec bolt catch installed

The two bolt catches side by side

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Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"