Originally Posted by
Failure2Stop
Our 5.56 (E3) bolts are pretty different than anything else out there in the 5.56 world. Rounded lugs for reduced stress risers in the bolt, reduced cam pin hole for a stronger web, repositioned extractor pivot position for better mechanical advantage on the extractor, and more reinforcement on the lugs beside the extractor. 20k bolt life on short barrel suppressed guns (yeah, springs still need to be changed at their normal intervals).
The SR-25 and the MWS bolt carriers were very similar, but then both took diverging but similar paths. The lug dimensions are close enough to at least be nominally cross-compatible. LMT does good stuff, I hold Carl and his crew in high regard.
Thanks Jack
PB
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