Thanks Kilibreaux for posting this mod, was very simple to do and now that weak 1/4" of bolt travel from battery is gone! I didn't do any experimentation to support this thought, as I just replicated the work you've already proven to work, but I was thinking the stock hammer strut profile allows the hammer to strike the firing pin while the bolt is in full battery, I wonder if the strut remained the stock profile but the rebound spring and hammer notch were removed only if the mod would still work? My wondering stems from the thought that the hammer is getting far enough forward momentarily to do the job in stock form, if it were allowed to stay up there instead of rebounding would it still apply it's spring pressure to keep the bolt in battery like after the hammer strut fix? Any thoughts? Thanks again, Eric