Frank Iannamico Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 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, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 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, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 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, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 Looks like only 2-3 bidders. We will see if it get relisted. Wink. Wink. Could be legit or the Same ol’ GB shenanigans! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navgunner Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 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, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 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, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 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, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 @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, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 (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, 2023 by eMGunslinger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navgunner Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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...
Gaffshot Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 Why would you need an extra S&W 76 bolt? Something commonly break on them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumpy Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 4 hours ago, Gaffshot said: Why would you need an extra S&W 76 bolt? Something commonly break on them? It’s always nice to have a few extra parts of any of these guns never know if some law could effect the parts down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don. Posted April 27, 2023 Report Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 4/5/2023 at 11:56 AM, Gaffshot said: Why would you need an extra S&W 76 bolt? Something commonly break on them? I had the lower lip of the breechface on one of my MK760 bolts break off years ago. Richard at BWE was able to repair it. I was glad that I had a spare. I’m really glad that I do now! I keep spares for everything because you never know. Cheap insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bartlett Posted April 27, 2023 Report Share Posted April 27, 2023 Has anyone heard from Scott Andrey in recent years? I think he used to be the go-to SW-76 parts guy years ago. I don't know if he retired, died, or just decided to fade away. I met him at a shoot years ago and he seemed like a good guy. He let me shoot a couple of his guns... an Ingram and maybe a Port Said. He mentioned that he might make a run of Jap 99 recoil springs and I was hoping to get a spare one from him. Never heard from him again. That was maybe 15 years ago. His website seems to be frozen in 2013. Kevin in NC Scott Andrey Machine (samachine.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christof Stehpinkler Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 I am glad I paid a little more for a Vector Uzi instead of trying to save a little by going with the SW-76. Even though parts availability is apparently drying up compared to ten or twenty years ago, I've got enough set aside to build a couple more guns if I had the receivers, and you can still get pretty much anything you really need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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