1) Make sure rifle is
unloaded. Open the bolt and pull to the rear
of the receiver.
2)
Close the bolt.
3)
Place the safety in the middle (upright)
position.
4)
Pull the bolt to the rear while depressing
the thumb piece of the bolt stop.
5)
Remove the bolt.
6)
Turn the bolt sleeve counter clockwise and unscrew it from
the bolt body.
7)
Remove the bolt
sleeve/firing pin assembly from the bolt
body.
8)
With
the front of the bolt facing away from you rotate the extractor
clockwise out of the guide groove and until
it is positioned over the vent hole and the
flat part of the rear of the bolt body as
shown in figure 8.
9)
Push the extractor forward on the bolt body.
10)
Remove the extractor.
11)
Make sure you have a block of wood
handy to place the point of the firing pin against.
Do not use your wife's dinner table -
the firing pin leaves a very deep indentation in a wood surface
and her memory.
You should use wood
- because most other surfaces will allow the firing pin to slip
and could cause harm to you or damage to your surroundings.
12) With your hand
- grasp the bolt sleeve and safety lever,
while making sure the safety lever stays in
the vertical (middle) position. Slide the bolt sleeve until the cocking piece clears
and can be turned in either direction approximately 1/4 turn.
13) Remove
the cocking piece and set it aside.
14) Slowly
allow the spring to expand.
15) Remove the bolt
sleeve.
16) Remove the spring.
17) Rotate the safety lever to the right
location.
18) Remove the safety lever.
Reassembly
Instructions
19) Insert the safety lever with the lever
pointing to the right or safe position.
20) Replace the spring onto the firing pin.
21) Place the point of the firing pin
against a block of wood. Place the bolt
sleeve over the rear of the firing pin. Make
certain that the safety lever is in the
middle position.
22) Using the safety lever as a handle (while
in the middle position) compress the
spring by placing downward pressure on the
bolt sleeve.
23) Install the cocking
piece.
24) Turn the
cocking piece one quarter turn until it is firmly locked into place
as shown in figure 24. Very slowly
allow pressure on the spring to release and allow the bolt sleeve
to raise against the cocking piece.
25) Figure 25 shows the
guide or groove on the underside of the
extractor and the corresponding lug on the
extractor sleeve found on the bolt body.
26) Place the
extractor's guide over the extractor
collar's lug and slide the extractor to the
rear of the bolt.
27) Carefully lift the
front of the extractor just high enough to
clear the edge of the bolt face.
28) Slide the extractor
to the rear just far enough so the extractor
can be rotated counter clockwise and slide
into the channel.
29) Rotate the extractor
counter clockwise until the extractor rests
over the right hand bolt lug.
30) Now take
the firing pin assembly and insert it into the bolt body
31) Turn
the bolt sleeve clockwise until it is
against the bolt body and the safety lever
and bolt handle are both pointing upwards.
32) Figure 32 shows the
bolt sleeve resting against a groove cut
into the bolt handle. This is the the
correct final resting position of the bolt
sleeve.
33) Insert the bolt into
the receiver.
34) Depress the magazine
follower.
35) Slide the bolt fully
forward and close.
36) Rotate the safety
back to the off or fire position and you are
finished disassembling and reassembling the
Swedish Mauser bolt assembly.
