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Model 70 Bolt Question

MichibayMichibay Member Posts: 816 ✭✭
edited May 2007 in Ask the Experts
Hello...I was just cleaning a Model 70 (1974 vintage push-feed with cocking indicator). I removed the bolt and while cleaning the bolt it
went into the fire position with the firing pin protruding out. How do I get the bolt back into cocked position so I can put it back into the rifle? Also...what would have caused this...I was just wiping it down with oil when this happened?
Thank you
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    With the bolt facing away from you, hook the striker on the corner of a workbench, push forward about 1/4",compressing the striker spring, and lift up the bolt. The striker will then sit in a detent in the bolt rear.
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  • MichibayMichibay Member Posts: 816 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    V35...thank you for your quick reply...Is the striker the assembly right behind the bolt handle? I would be pushing on it ith the bolt face pointed away?...THANKS!!!
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The striker is the part that hangs down from that assembly that engages the trigger sear. It's the rear part of the firing pin and is spring loaded.
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  • MichibayMichibay Member Posts: 816 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the HELP! I can now do it myself...and I also learned that it is easy to take the bolt apart when the bolt safety is set half-way (center position).
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