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Are 1892 locking bolts interchangeable?

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River Rat:
I am cleaning up a 1914 Winchester 1892 in .25-20 and trying to get it back into action. The keeper screw on the port side locking bolt was broken off and rusted up long ago and needs to be drilled out and re-tapped. I do however have a spare locking bolt and keeper screw that came off a a 1911 dated 1892 action (that gun marked Model 53 on barrel and also chambered in .25-20). Can I use the spare locking bolt as a drop-in part or is this not advisable? Maybe someone with more gunsmithing experience than me could chime in here.

greyhawk:
they should be - most are - but I would swap the pair across (so you have equal wear factor)
check the headspace 

cpt dan blodgett:
Are they dimensionally the same?

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greyhawk:

--- Quote from: cpt dan blodgett on February 01, 2023, 06:59:30 PM ---Are they dimensionally the same?

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They're kinda sposed to be but lets add some realism

the first are 130 years old - the production run (counting later revamp models like the '53 etc) took 50 years or most of it - Brazilian copies have been around for about as long

I have worked on a number of original 92's - if they been used a lot they usually have developed excess headspace (or had it at the start) and if you borrow parts from another old gun there is usually some hand fitting needed to make the composite run sweet and trouble free. 

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