880 Bolt Failures

[Ronno6]

Daisy is out of stock on the bolt assembly for the 880's with no ETA........

I know that the old style bolts would lose their magnets and suffer from cracked probes.
What fails on the new style bolt/probe that would require replacement?

[pblawler]

I don't think I recall a new style that has broken.  I think the plastic gets brittle on the older probes and is the main reason those break.  I thought about creating a model for the bolt but a 3D printed probe wouldn't holdup well.  I am planning on creating a model for the "handle lever" so people can select different "knobs".  I think that will be needed for the new autoloader I'm working on.  I'll try and model the bolt body.  If I can get a good body model I can beef it up for your probes to screw into.  I am thinking a solid body with a square hole for a nut cert for the probe to screw into and a spring hole in the side for the bolt lever rather than the plastic flat spring like the OEM.

Thoughts?

[Ronno6]

I have sold 2 in the last couple of weeks.
I asked both guys if they were SURE that they needed the NS bolt, as they won't work in the US made guns..
The first gut replied after I had shipped it, and he needs an OS bolt..
The second gut confirmed that he needed a NS bolt, so I asked him how his bolt failed....
He said "the silver thing broke." Guess he got a pellet off kilter and broke the magnet....
I had attempted to use a 2mm magnet in my brass probe 880 bolt in order to leave more meat for the O-ring groove, but they proved to be too fragile
as compared to the stock 2.33mm magnet...........