Hello,

I know it's been discussed before, topics have come up before about it, but there hasn't been a definitive, or even general consensus type answer that I could divine out of the situation, so let me ask it once more, so I can make a quick decision about what I need to do:

At what point should a bolt be "married" to it's barrel?  i.e. After how many rounds of firing should a once brand new bolt, having been used in a used barrel never be seperated from that barrel?  Is it even a round count threshold kind of thing?  I've got what was originally a brand new bolt when I got a hold of it, that I threw into a used barrel, but now I'm thinking about swapping barrels out again for another used barrel.  At what point, though, should I just give up that idea, and call it quits, and just buy a new bolt for the new (used) barrel?

At this point, the (once) new bolt has less than 500 rounds on it, but I still like to shoot, and I don't see any reason not to shoot while waiting on a new barrel.  But maybe there is one...

Opinions?

Thanks,
~Augee

I've swapped bolts and bolt carrier assemblies many times in trouble shooting rifles.  Never a problem.  

And with only 500 rnds, yours is still like new.

When it wont headspace propperly you probably should not use it.  Ohterwise it wont matter if you use it in multiple barrels.