1) Depress the rear of the firing pin (as shown in
figure 1).
2) Remove the firing pin safety stop.
3) Using a small screw driver (as shown in figure 3)
slide extractor spring over.
4) Move extractor spring to position shown in figure
4.
5) Remove extractor from bolt.
6) While depressing the rear of the
firing pin, remove
extractor spring.
7) Slowly release pressure on firing pin and allow
firing pin spring to fully expand.
Note
On the bolt disassembly, the
firing pin safety stop pictured is unique to the Venezuelan
contract. Some Egyptian contract rifles were fitted with a bolt
machined to accept this style of firing pin safety stop but no stop
was actually fitted in Egyptian service. The majority of the Egyptian
rifles had bolts with no machining for a firing pin safety stop
at all. The remainder of the contracts used an firing pin safety
stop of a simpler design than the one pictured.
It is STRONGLY
recommended that the 1 piece firing pin be replaced by the 2 piece
design that FN phased in around 1951. The 1 piece pins are prone
to breakage and the broken front section will become lodged with
the tip protruding from the bolt face - thereby causing a slam-fire
or could possibly make the rifle go cyclic until the magazine is
empty.
8) Remove firing pin.
9) Remove firing pin spring.
Reassembly Instructions
10) Install firing pin spring.
11) Install firing pin.
12) Replace extractor on bolt (as shown in
figure 12).
13) While depressing the rear of the firing pin, replace
extractor spring.
14) Turn the extractor spring
counter clockwise until it locks into place and holds the extractor.
14) Turn the extractor spring
counter clockwise until it locks into place and holds the extractor.
16) Depress the rear of the firing pin (as shown in
figure 16) and slide firing pin safety stop into
place.
