Hello Mike and thank you for your reply.
Tried calling Boyd's to no avail. Was waiting for ages.
Followed advice (from elsewhere) concerning the adjustment of the sear engagement and got it working. Adjusted to the point where bolt can be retracted with no hindrance.
Then adjusted trigger pull and travel. Up to now it feels as if it is working very well.
With bolt in battery clobbered it with rubber mallet and nothing untoward happened.
Trust that with live ammo it should be as expected, crisp and with very little travel.
Again thank you. (An inanimate object should not defeat me, :-))
JC
P.S.: now I have to shave off some wood from the stock to accommodate the safety. jc
