Some months back one of the threads touched on that little bolt-stop screw. I offered the opinion that it was a vestigial piece, serving no real purpose. As evidence I noted that everyone else's gun seems to survive quite nicely without. I was pillored (Chuck - you would do well to consider such a statement as a qualifier for your Class B felony - a lot less effort than the run of the mill offenses).
At the time I may have noted that my '52 vintage M21 Trap arrived in my hands very well cared for, and with the bolt-stop set flush with the lug, far forward of where it needs to be to arrest the bolt. No harm, no foul. More recently I had the opportunity to look at two CSM M21s. The first has been in use a few years and I feel confident the owner would not bother with the trviality of a little bolt-stop screw. The second gun was new, just out of the box and unfired. Both had the screws set forward, flush with the lug.
Any of you folks out there have CSM guns that can comment on how the bolt was set from the factory?
Myself, I remain unrepentant.
