1) Point rifle
in safe direction and make sure rifle is not loaded.
Open the bolt and pull to rear.
2) Press trigger forward (as shown in
figure 2).
3) Remove bolt from receiver.
4) Figure 4 displays
the removed bolt.
NOTE:The bolt head
needs to be extended and aligned with extractor to be returned
to the receiver.
5) Place the bolt face on a block of wood and compress
the bolt.
6) Pull the cocking piece to the rear. Set the
safety lever so the cocking piece rests upon it while
extended.
7) Rotate the cocking piece counter clockwise.
8) Rotate the cocking piece until it can be removed.
9) Place exposed rear threaded tip of striker
on wood and push (as shown in figure 9).
10) Remove bolt head and extractor from
bolt body.
11) Set aside extractor.
12) The safety lever is held in place by the
safety screw (as shown in figure 12).
13) Turn safety screw counter clockwise.
14) Remove safety screw and set aside.
15) Note position
of safety lever before removal (as shown in figure
15).
16) Remove Safety.
NOTE:The striker assembly while assembled is under considerable
tension because of the striker spring. When disassembled,
the striker spring can fly out and cause bodily harm or damage
to your surroundings.
17) Place rear of the striker against block of
wood (as shown in figure 17) and turn striker spring
retainer counter clockwise.
18) Allow striker spring to expand slowly.
19) Remove striker spring retainer.
20) Remove striker spring and striker from
bolt head.
21) Separate striker spring from striker.
22) Figure 22 shows the disassembled bolt.
Reassembly Instructions
23) Return striker spring to striker.
24) Place striker
and striker spring inside bolt head.
25) Return striker spring retainer and compress
striker spring.
26) Turn striker spring retainer clockwise.
27)Figure 27
shows how the striker spring retainer and bolt head
flutes should be aligned.
28)Figure 28
shows the correct alignment of the flat side of the striker
to the bolt body when reassembling.
29) Push bolt
head about midway into bold body (as shown in figure
29).
30) Insert extractor
(as shown in figure 30) into channel in
bolt body.
31) Align bolt
headlugs with extractor (as shown in figure
31).
32) Place the
bolt face against a block of wood and depress until the rear
of the striker is fully extended to the rear.
33) Return safety
(as shown in figure 33).
34) Insert safety
screw.
35) Turn safety
screw clockwise until tight.
36) Note position
of compressed bolt head. In this position the bolt
cannot be returned to the receiver.
37) Return cocking
piece to threaded rear of striker.
38) Turn striker
clockwise only ONE complete revolution and leave in position shown
in figure 38.
39) Place threaded
rear of striker on block of wood and press striker
forward as far as it will go.
40) You may have
to pull bolt head a little further out and align it as shown
in figure 40 so it can be returned to the receiver.
Tip Submitted by Reader:
Had a tip
on the Steyr I wanted to share. On my rifle, the bolt head absolutely
will not stay extended when either removing or re-installing
the bolt. Actually, it pretty much won't stay extended if it's
out of the rifle. It's a real pain, to say the least, since
it has to be extended to slip down the guide rails on the receiver
properly. What I had to do was add a dime to my cleaning kit.
I just stick the dime flat on the top of the bolt, wedging it
(gently) in between the extended bolt head and the bolt body.
This prevents the head from contracting, and stays neatly out
of the way for removal/insertion.
41) Pull cocking
piece to the rear and turn it clockwise.
42) Turn the
cocking piece clockwise until the rear tip of the striker
is flush with surface of rear of cocking piece (as shown
in figure 42).
43) Make sure
bolt head and extractor are extended and aligned (as
shown in figure 43).
44) Note in
figure 44 that the bottom of the bolt body has lugs
or guides that fit into a channel in the rear of the
receiver.
45) Insert lugs
into channel in receiver and push bolt forward
and lock into place.
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