bigedac

I have a Winfield sporter in excellent condition serial #5766 any information available?  What is the price difference in the Winfield vs the straight military. Thanks so much.

Joseph,

As I said, I have a bolt catch but it is to short.  It measures .560 from the flat under the spring to the opposite flat.  The guy I bought it from has one that is .640 but it has no spring.  You said that you have the springs.  Ok, how do they attach? Do you have one that I can purchase? How much? The guy with these said that I should just weld some material on the end.  Fine, but how do I protect the spring temper?  Thanks for your help

Errol

I tried to remove the rubber butt pad from my sporter; got the screws out, slotted, after much ado.  Low and behold I can't get the pad off!  It acts like it is glued on!  Did they glue some of them on?  If so, any ideas how to remove it without damaging anything?  Thanks for the help.

Joseph,

I have spent many hours trying to get a bolt catch to work correctly.  It will not lift the long end enough to engage the notches in the bolt.  I could weld some material on the short end, which would probably work, but how would it wear over time?  If you have one for sale I would most likely be better off buying one from you.  Please advise.  I have tried to contact you before but it took some time to get me signed up on this site.  I hope you are doing well.  My rifle is a sporter and in excellent condition.

On 11/13/2010 at 9:52 PM, M48TANKER said:

Here is a shot of the bolt catch. It surrounds the hammer and then the little tab or lever on the front goes into the rotary magazine where the follower trips the catch when the magazine is empty. When reassembling the rifle always depress the shell follower until the bolt catch lever is inserted into the magazine.

Melvin Johnson didn't originally design the rifle to have a bolt catch but it was added later at the request of the Netherlands Purchasing Commission. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.

I found your excellent photo of the bolt catch.  I have a sporter that doesn't have one.  I just acquired one and put it in today.  It will not hold the bolt back!  I installed it three times holding the mag. door down.  I also put in a tooth brush handle in the opening, checked the slot in the mag to make sure it was down.  Put it back together and still wont' hold.  I put a flashlight in the space behind the bolt, pushed the mag door down and let it go up.  The latch moves down when I push the door down, up when I let go.  Does the catch have to be bent up on the bolt engagement end or what?  Thanks for your help.

bigedac

Joe, I need two screws for my sporter.  The bolt stop screw left side, and wood screw at rear of trigger guard.  Do you have them?  Thanks,