Patent ID: 9658009
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: F41A

Claim:
1. A method for modifying a bolt handle comprising the steps of: obtaining an original bolt body having a bolt handle attached thereto proximate a handle cutoff location; severing the bolt handle from the original bolt body proximate the handle cutoff location; drilling an attachment hole into the original bolt body proximate the handle cutoff location; drilling a tension pin hole into the original bolt body such that the tension pin hole is perpendicular and operatively connected to the attachment hole; obtaining a new bolt handle having an attachment nub attached to a proximate end thereof, inserting the attachment nub into the attachment hole such that the tension pin hole of the attachment nub coincides with the tension pin hole of the original bolt body; inserting a tension pin through the tension pin holes of the original bolt body and the attachment nub, the tension pin being adapted to frictionally fit within the tension pin holes of the original bolt body and the attachment nub.