Patent ID: 7735410

Claim:
A bolt for a firearm, comprising: an elongate body having a proximal end, an opposite distal end and a longitudinal axis, the body at its distal end having an annular portion about the longitudinal axis defining an inner cylindrical surface and an outer extremity; the body further including a number of bolt lugs adjacent its distal end extending radially outwardly from the outer extremity of the annular portion, the bolt lugs including at least a first bolt lug and a second bolt lug; the annular portion of the body having a recess extending radially therethrough between a first recess surface and a second recess surface, the first recess surface extending parallel to a radially extending surface of the first bolt lug, the second recess surface extending parallel to a radially extending surface of the second bolt lug, each of the first and second recess surfaces extending in a respective plane such that the respective planes intersect.