The striker/firing pin being engaged behind the sear is what tightens it up when the rifle is cocked. The rear of the bolt is somewhat loose when not in the cocked mode because the opening in the receiver, under the rear receiver bridge, is loose to allow the bolt to move through it. It's up front, under the front receiver bridge, where the bolts locking lugs engage the receiver, that the tighter tolerances are held to keep headspace and cartridge- to- bore centerlines proper.
I doubt that you have a problem -- but, then again, I never did own a
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ps. Hey, Handi.......good hunting with your weapon of choice! :wink:
