Originally posted by sgt_murf
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Bolts are exspendables, and when a bolt goes, there is really very little damage to the rifle. Maybe a mag is damaged, but other than that, no real damage, generally. It acts like a circuit breaker in an electrical system, and prevents further damage.
I know LRRPF52 thinks that improving or increasing bolt size might be helpful, and I certainly recognize his significantly higher level of experience than my own, but it seems like we might be asking the wrong question when it relates to the AR. The AR works, we actually have very few bolt failures at this stage, and those we have are not catastrophic. I'm not sure that is the right move.
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