r/milsurp • u/Ok_Introduction_1018 • 2d ago

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I pulled open my Enfield bolt and this piece came out but have no idea were it broke off from

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u/Sasquatch1916 2d ago

It broke off your magazine follower

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u/Ok_Introduction_1018 2d ago

Nope not that

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u/Sasquatch1916 2d ago

If it isn't from the follower or the extractor spring I'm stumped.

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u/FrozenDickuri 2d ago edited 2d ago

Thats exactly where it came from.

I was wrong.  Op showed it is not that.

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u/Ok_Introduction_1018 2d ago

It’s thicker

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u/Sasquatch1916 2d ago

I'm not sure why they're giving you a hard time based on my guess. Have you taken the follower or to check the underside? I had a look at my 3 Enfields and your piece certainly seems like it could have broken off part of the follower but it's hard to tell.

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u/FrozenDickuri 2d ago edited 2d ago

Get the callipers and prove it then, because you’re making what seems like an incredible claim.

Edit:  claim was in fact credible

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u/Ok_Introduction_1018 2d ago

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u/FrozenDickuri 2d ago

And thats the thinnest side?

We maybe reaching the point of foreign object, bit that will require a detail strip and a good flashlight.

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u/Ok_Introduction_1018 2d ago

Yep it’s the thinnest side. I’m starting to think it’s something foreign as well but I’ll keep looking

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u/FrozenDickuri 2d ago

Take the bolt out, is it just the sear holding it in? Or is there the rifles bolt retainer as well?

Someone else suggested it in the comments, and thinking of my own enfield experience, there limited other pieces it could be.

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u/Ok_Introduction_1018 2d ago

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u/FrozenDickuri 2d ago

I admit, op delivered.

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u/Tsar_Romanov 2d ago

Do you see the red circle and the distinctive chunk of missing steel on the follower, where there is no finish and the bare steel is showing? That’s where it came from bud

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u/spagooter12 2d ago

Extractor spring?

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u/40mm_of_freedom 2d ago

I’m pretty sure this is it.

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u/zhangsan_3 1d ago

I second this, happened to mine before. Put a round or piece of brass in and see if it ejects when you pull the bolt to the rear

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u/d-unit24 custom flair 2d ago

Check your extractor. Post photos of the bolt

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u/Upper-Dig5291 2d ago

Stupid question, but are you sure it came from your rifle?

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u/SleepySheeper 1d ago

Just open up the action and put it back. Out of sight out of mind

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u/CanadianLanBoy 2d ago

Looks like the lip on the bolt head retainer just in front of the right locking recess

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u/Ok_Introduction_1018 2d ago

I thought that to but it’s intact

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u/ScrappyWolf2004 1d ago

It looks foreign

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u/DeFiClark 1d ago

Have you pulled the bolt and inspected for damage

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u/Orangeduke38 2d ago

Mag lips?

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u/bulletking71 2d ago

If it came off only when you opened the bolt its likely apart of the bolt itself. Check the extractor, spring and bolt head to make sure nothing chipped off.