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Looks good, Chile. Good to see you back, too.

hmmm, yeah. Well, they've been selling and eating bats since their ancient ancestors figured out how to net them. Nothing unusual there.

Well, okay then.

Interesting. I'm wondering why. Also wondering what the specific advantage is over the basic .45 Colt round, other then the obvious chamber jump. The chamber jump has shown me a negligible amount of effective accuracy. I shoot it just fine. Actually, really fine with .45 Colt. And then there is the duality of being able to use the same rounds in my .45 Colt rifles.

TBH, you'd be so much better off practicing "rock and lock" on a closed bolt. The bolt does NOT have to be open to load a magazine. Don't be intimidated doing a full stripping. It's really very easy. There are plenty of videos on Youtube on disassembly of an AK.

I'm copy and pasting that.

The coyotes have been especially noisy and bothersome around here. The two-legged and four-legged varieties.

You can remove the puck and weld the plug. That'll neuter it.

If it's the factory puck it doesn't matter. I run the cleaner end toward the stock only to have it the same every time. Screw the plug all the way in until you can't. Back it out until the stop you want, 1 for high power loads and 2 for low power loads. The "play" is because of loose manufacturing standards. Have fun.

Switched from a stick burner to a pellet stove 5 years ago and SO glad we did.

How is your trip going?

A polish job on the bolt will solve your dilemma. Look at some pictures of bolts on here that have been worked and the roughness of yours will be super obvious.