Bolt assembly with clip

1. A bolt assembly comprising:

a bolt body including opposing sidewalls and a bolt cavity defined between said opposing sidewalls with a firing pin axis extending through said bolt cavity, wherein a handle opening is defined by said bolt body and extends along a direction transverse to said firing pin axis;

a bolt handle including a knob portion and a body portion, wherein said body portion is positioned in said handle opening of said bolt body, wherein a handle aperture is defined through said body portion;

a bolt shroud including a bolt shroud tang positioned in said bolt cavity and extending at least partially through the handle aperture; and

a clip extending, transverse to said firing pin axis into said bolt body, wherein said clip defines a clip aperture having a cross-sectional dimension and wherein said clip aperture is configured to receive said bolt shroud, and wherein said clip contacts said bolt shroud;

wherein said clip resists removal of the bolt shroud tang from the handle aperture of the body portion of the bolt handle; and

wherein said bolt shroud tang is removable from the handle aperture when said clip is removed from the bolt shroud and/or bolt body.

2. The bolt assembly of claim 1 , wherein said bolt shroud tang defines a rearward-facing surface that contacts said clip to resist removal of the bolt shroud tang from the handle aperture of the bold handle.

3. The bolt assembly of claim 2 , where said rearward-facing surface does not contact the bolt handle.

4. The bolt assembly of claim 1 , wherein said clip and said bolt shroud tang are configured to resist withdrawal of the clip from the bolt shroud tang.

5. The bolt assembly of claim 1 , wherein said bolt shroud tang includes a tang body having a cross-sectional dimension and a tang notch having a cross-sectional dimension each measured orthogonal to the firing pin axis when the bolt shroud tang is inserted into the bolt cavity;

wherein the cross-sectional dimension of said tang notch is smaller than said cross-sectional dimension of said tang body;

wherein the tang notch is positioned within said clip aperture; and

wherein the cross-sectional dimension of the clip aperture is the same or smaller than the cross-sectional dimension of said tang body.

6. The bolt assembly of claim 5 , wherein the clip has an end defining an opening to said clip aperture; and

wherein the opening to said clip aperture has a cross-sectional dimension less than that of said clip aperture.

7. The bolt assembly of claim 1 , wherein the clip is positioned in said handle opening.

8. The bolt assembly of claim 7 , wherein the clip is positioned within a notch defined by the bolt handle.

9. The bolt assembly of claim 1 , wherein said clip includes a clip notch accessible from outside the bolt assembly, wherein said clip notch is configured to receive a rim of a cartridge and/or the tip of a bullet for use with the bolt assembly to assist with removing the clip from said bolt shroud and/or bolt body.

10. The bolt assembly of claim 1 , wherein said bolt shroud tang resists removal of the body portion of the bolt handle from the handle opening.

11. A method of assembling a bolt assembly for a firearm, comprising:

inserting a bolt handle into a handle opening defined by a bolt body, the bolt body having a bolt cavity defined between opposing sidewalls and a firing pin axis extending through said bolt cavity;

inserting a portion of a bolt shroud into said bolt cavity and through an aperture defined by a portion of said bolt handle positioned within said bolt cavity; and

inserting a clip into said bolt cavity;

wherein said clip defines a clip aperture that receives said bolt shroud, and wherein said clip resists removal of the bolt shroud from the bolt cavity; and

wherein said bolt shroud resists removal of the bolt handle from the handle opening of the bolt body.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein said clip resists removal of the bolt shroud from the bolt cavity by a forward facing surface of said clip contacting a rearward facing surface of the bolt shroud.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the rearward facing surface of the bolt shroud does not contact the bolt handle.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein when inserting the bolt handle into the handle opening a distal end of the bolt handle passes through a first sidewall of said opposing sidewalls, through said bolt cavity, and into a second sidewall of said opposing sidewalls.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein said clip and said bolt shroud are configured to resist withdrawal of the clip from the bolt shroud.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein said bolt shroud includes a bolt shroud tang, wherein said bolt shroud tang includes a tang body having a cross-sectional dimension and a tang notch having a cross-sectional dimension each measured transverse to the firing pin axis when the bolt shroud tang is inserted into the bolt cavity, and wherein the cross-sectional dimension of said tang notch is less than said cross-sectional dimension of said tang body.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein said inserting a portion of said bolt shroud into said bolt cavity includes aligning said tang notch with said handle opening.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the tang notch is positioned in the clip aperture after inserting said clip into the bolt cavity.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein inserting the clip includes inserting the clip into the handle opening.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein said clip is inserted into said bolt cavity after said bolt shroud is inserted into said bolt cavity.