Frank Iannamico Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 S&W 76 bolt sold for $5,076.00!! 57 bids https://www.gunbroker.com/item/971190112 Someone needs to start making these bolts! I didn’t pay that much for my ‘76 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 Doesn’t even look like a factory S&W bolt- it has more of a polished finish rather than parkerizing. Plus no extractor. Crazy… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Uzi Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 And it’s more than one idiot bidding that kind of prices! The bolt isn’t worth 1/3 of what the complete gun goes for these days! WTF is wrong with people?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodoj Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 Looks like only 2-3 bidders. We will see if it get relisted. Wink. Wink. Could be legit or the Same ol’ GB shenanigans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navgunner Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 At these prices I’m tempted to start manufacturing bolts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MontanaRenegade86 Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 50 minutes ago, Navgunner said: At these prices I’m tempted to start manufacturing bolts If and when you decide to do so, I’ll gladly provide some of the initial funds to get you started. Sears, trigger bars, and bolts are as rare as hen’s teeth. After a long time looking, I grabbed a bolt from Spiwak about a year ago. Couldn’t believe my good fortune and will probably never get that lucky again. -KristopherH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Uzi Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 I’ve been thinking about doing trigger bars for the S&W 76 line but time hasn’t allowed me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navgunner Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 @MontanaRenegade86 I really appreciate the support! I’m good on funds as the bulk of the costs are the engineering resources & machine time, all of which I have direct access to. My Achilles heal would be quality sample parts and a study to determine real market interest / benchmark pricing to see if there’s enough interest to justify kicking off the project. I recently did a run of 76 extractors where I quickly sold over 70. I could easily do more of those but I would need a bulk preorder before I started. Peddling these parts one-at-a-time is miserable Aside: I recently traded my 76 to help finance a more expensive MG. I wish that I didn’t have to, but that’s the way it works sometimes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravo Whiskey Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 I have an unfired, still in the wrap 76 bolt. Had assumed it was valuable, but wow! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMGunslinger Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 (edited) 11 hours ago, Navgunner said: At these prices I’m tempted to start manufacturing bolts Parts have already been scanned and just waiting for a machine to free up outside of testing, so I wouldn't worth with it unless you want to compete with someone running a few dozen HAAS and additive metal machines. Im not making them, someone I do consulting for. There is a laundry list of MG parts that no one can find from 76 to 93r and Stoner 63. Edited February 28 by eMGunslinger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navgunner Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 8 minutes ago, eMGunslinger said: Parts have already been scanned and just waiting for a machine to free up outside of testing, so I wouldn't worth with it unless you want to compete with someone running a few dozen HAAS and additive metal machines. Im not making them, someone I do consulting for. There is a laundry list of MG parts that no one can find from 76 to 93r and Stoner 63. This is fantastic news! What a blessing! I’m a manufacturing engineer who specializes in rubber and plastic where I’m fortunate enough to serve some very large OEMs in the 2A space with most of my annual production runs being in the hundreds of thousands of units. Personally, I have no interest in making a living as a job shop for these type of parts (unless there’s a void in the space and people have a real need for help because $5k for a bolt is just too much). Any service to our NFA community (more specifically the transferable collector/shooter) is welcomed by many but essential to those needing parts. Bravo Zulu, @eMGunslinger! Thank you! When the timing is right, please let us know where we can purchase. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMGunslinger Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 22 minutes ago, Navgunner said: This is fantastic news! What a blessing! I’m a manufacturing engineer who specializes in rubber and plastic where I’m fortunate enough to serve some very large OEMs in the 2A space with most of my annual production runs being in the hundreds of thousands of units. Personally, I have no interest in making a living as a job shop for these type of parts (unless there’s a void in the space and people have a real need for help because $5k for a bolt is just too much). Any service to our NFA community (more specifically the transferable collector/shooter) is welcomed by many but essential to those needing parts. Bravo Zulu, @eMGunslinger! Thank you! When the timing is right, please let us know where we can purchase. Thanks! I will do my best, I try to say out of a lot of this stuff other than when I am selling guns and need parts that cant be found and either have to do weld ups or one offs. So been compiling lists of shit parts for over a decade now and anytime friends of mine want to get into production I offer advice on what to make for the community. He has been informed of this post and was basically told to "Make stuff because people are waiting" At the end of the day it really sucks to sell someone some of these guns and when they ask for spare stuff tell them there aren't any and to be cool about not abusing it. I also have some feelers out on Reising mag production again. If I can get the dies done with ease, I will just go get an OBI and put it next to the other 20k sqft of machines and crap I have to do those lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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