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Swiss K-31 reassembly..?

tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
edited March 2004 in Ask the Experts
Somewhere between take apart, de-grunge and put back together, I took a brain dump..While degreasing, I had no idea how to strip the bolt...Now I have a 3 piece bolt plus a bolt handle and can't get this mess back into the receiver...Only once in my many years have I had to bring a gun in a box to the smith...well, MAYBE twice [:(] I'm going to go take a hot shower, and hope that when I get out, someone will have had mercy on this klutz...

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    tap,

    Go to:

    www.surplusrifle.com

    Scroll down the left side and find your rifle. Complete assembly and dis assembly instructions are there with photos.......

    njretcop@copmail.com

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    Charlie
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  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thank you Charlie....I knew someone would come to my rescue.[^]..That's why I hang around this place..Always a helping hand, poke in the eye, or whatever I'm in need of..[:D]

    The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't feel bad, I did the same thing first time I took my K-31 bolt apart. I found the instructions on this site, much clearer then the ones on the surplus rifle site. I was able to get the bolt back together using these instructions and the pictures from the other site.


    http://www.swissrifles.com/sr/rheadrick/k31bolt.html

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  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks Rufe..Ditto what I said to Charlie...The Nagant and Enfield are still in pieces, but I THINK I remenber those..yea, right..[:D]...again, THANKS...Dale

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  • 1KYDSTR1KYDSTR Member Posts: 2,361 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    NJRETCOP,
    You are the man (sorry, hijacking this one for the shout out to you!)! I have been into Mil. Surp.rifles for 25 years. Thought I had most of this stuff kida' figured out; at least the guns I have owned for a while. I have never been able to figure out how to remove the bolt from my mint M95 Steyr and this site just alleviated 6 years of frustration and difficult cleaning experiences I have shot it VERY infrequently over the years because of this problem and now I can do so with impunity!!! Read the instructions and just removed the bolt, dis and reassembled it in about 7 minutes...I am aghast at my own stupidity!! All these years! Thank you so very much and please read my quote at the end of this post...the "When I cease..." thing has never been so well proved!!!

    "When I cease learning...I'm dead"(Me)
    "Power corrupts...Absolute power corrupts absolutely"(Descartes?)
    "History is written by winners"(Patton)
    "You get a lot farther with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone!"(Al Capone)
    "There is nothing lower than the human race...except the French" (Samuel Clemens)
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    1KYDSTR,

    Thank you for the kind words.......always glad to lend a hand. [:)]

    I too, collect old military firearms and am always learning more about them.

    njretcop@copmail.com

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    Charlie
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