Collecting and Shooting the Madsen M47/Colombian M1958 Rifle Caliber .30

How to: Disassemble and Reassemble the Madsen M47/Colombian M1958 bolt

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*Disassembly Instructions*
	1) Open the bolt. NOTE: Make sure rifle is unloaded and pointed in a safe direction before proceeding.
	2) Depress trigger.
	3) While trigger is depressed, remove bolt from rifle.
	4) Pull cocking piece and sleeve to full extent (as shown in figure 4).
5) Turn cocking piece and sleeve and let sear contact lug rest on lip of safety as shown in figure 5. Turn cocking piece either direction and pull out of bolt. Note: Safety has a lug (as shown in legend* above) that fits into a channel* on the inside of the bolt.
6) There is a spring loaded piston/cam (as shown in legend above) at the top of the sear contact lug that keeps cocking piece in place. Place tip of striker on block of wood. Make sure you have a good downward grip on the safety (as shown in figure 6) as spring is under pressure. Depress piston (as shown in figure 6) and unscrew cocking piece by turning counter clockwise.
	7) Continue unscrewing the cocking piece and remove while applying constant downward pressure on safety.
	8) Remove sleeve/sear contact lug.
	9) Note that sleeve/sear contact lug is keyed to striker (as shown in figure 9). Slowly release pressure on safety and allow spring to expand. Remove safety and set aside.
	10) Remove spring from striker.
	11) Figure 11 shows the disassembled bolt.
*Reassembly Instructions*
	12) Return spring to striker.
	13) Return safety.
	14) Align flat sides of striker with flat sides of sleeve.
	15) Return sleeve.
16) Place tip of striker on block of wood. Make sure you have a good downward grip on the safety (as shown in figure 16) as spring is under pressure. Depress piston/cam and turn cocking piece clockwise.
	17) Turn cocking piece and sleeve and let sear contact lug rest on lip of safety (as shown in figure 17).
	18) Return striker assembly to bolt and turn cocking piece either direction to lock lug into bolt.
	19) Figure 19 shows the lug of the safety locked into place inside the bolt.
	20) Figure 20 shows the channel on the safety and bolt body aligned. The sleeve and sear contact lug slides into and is guided by this channel.
	21) Pull and turn sleeve and cocking piece. Slide sear contact lug into channel on bolt (as shown in figure 21).
	22) Depress trigger of rifle and return bolt to receiver.
	23) Depress magazine follower and close bolt.