REDSTAR
02-07-2002, 07:38 AM
Good info by Shuetzenman:
To disassemble any Mauser bolt do the following.
With the bolt closed in the action in the fire position flip the saftey to the 12:00 straight up position.
Open bolt and pull back, then pull on bolt release to remove the bolt from the receiver.
Look at the underside of the bolt head. You will notice a round stud with a beveled / angled front face. Push in on this with your fingers to compress it. This will release the bolt head and alow it to be unscrewed from the bolt body. NOTE: be careful to not move the saftey off of the 12:00 position.
Unscrew the bolt head and pull back from bolt body. You will now have the firing pin and compressed spring visible. To remove the firing pin and spring from the bolt head do the following.
If your Turk has a steel doughnut in the buttstock put the firing pin into the doughnut hole. (If your Turk or other Mauser does not have the steel doughnut get a piece of lumber to press the firing pin into.) Take your hand and grab the bolt head placing your thumb (right handed) on the safety. Now push down hard, I said HARD! Compress the spring until the cocking piece is clear of the bolt head.
Tun the cocking piece 90 ° and lift it off of the firing pin. Now release the tension on the firing pin. Pull the bolt head off of the firing pin. You will notice that the end of the firing pin is flat on two sides and what look like threads are really multiple luggs on the end of the pin. These lugs are what the cocking piece engages to hold the fp in the bolt head. Now clean that sucker cause cosmoline will slow down a firing pin strike enough to prevent ignition!
To remove the safety from the bolt head flip it to the 3:00 position as it is when putting the rifle on Safe position and lift off. Clean out the bolt head with solvents and Q-Tips.
To reassemble reverse process and remember the Safety must be at the 12 o'clock position and it must stay there otherwise the bolt head will not screw back on properly and the bolt will not go back in the rifle and work.
Mauseer Bolt diassembly is really easier IMO than Mosin Nagant disassembly.
To disassemble any Mauser bolt do the following.
With the bolt closed in the action in the fire position flip the saftey to the 12:00 straight up position.
Open bolt and pull back, then pull on bolt release to remove the bolt from the receiver.
Look at the underside of the bolt head. You will notice a round stud with a beveled / angled front face. Push in on this with your fingers to compress it. This will release the bolt head and alow it to be unscrewed from the bolt body. NOTE: be careful to not move the saftey off of the 12:00 position.
Unscrew the bolt head and pull back from bolt body. You will now have the firing pin and compressed spring visible. To remove the firing pin and spring from the bolt head do the following.
If your Turk has a steel doughnut in the buttstock put the firing pin into the doughnut hole. (If your Turk or other Mauser does not have the steel doughnut get a piece of lumber to press the firing pin into.) Take your hand and grab the bolt head placing your thumb (right handed) on the safety. Now push down hard, I said HARD! Compress the spring until the cocking piece is clear of the bolt head.
Tun the cocking piece 90 ° and lift it off of the firing pin. Now release the tension on the firing pin. Pull the bolt head off of the firing pin. You will notice that the end of the firing pin is flat on two sides and what look like threads are really multiple luggs on the end of the pin. These lugs are what the cocking piece engages to hold the fp in the bolt head. Now clean that sucker cause cosmoline will slow down a firing pin strike enough to prevent ignition!
To remove the safety from the bolt head flip it to the 3:00 position as it is when putting the rifle on Safe position and lift off. Clean out the bolt head with solvents and Q-Tips.
To reassemble reverse process and remember the Safety must be at the 12 o'clock position and it must stay there otherwise the bolt head will not screw back on properly and the bolt will not go back in the rifle and work.
Mauseer Bolt diassembly is really easier IMO than Mosin Nagant disassembly.