Originally Posted By: L. Brown
I've seen a bit of crossbolt protrusion--although not much--on new Merkels as well, and they often have very "stiff" actions until they've been shot a bit.


Yep, it happens with Merkels (it did on 2 of mine when new) but if you push the lever to the left the bolt goes in flush.

With Merkels it's because of tight tolerances.

Will the DeHaan/Huglu bolt go flush if the lever is pushed tot he left? If not there might be a problem - we haven't heard back from the OP on this?