Walt Sherrill
New member
Several months back I picked up a pretty nice VZ-52 in a local pawn shop, but work and other concerns had kept me from taking it apart and cleaning it, etc.
I started taking it apart last night and quickly found out that I was in over my head. It's a lot different from some of my other rifles...
I started to take the receiver from the stock and can get it loose, but the front end, where the barrel is held in place by the bayonet assembly (which functions like a barrel band) simply doesn't want to let it free. I can't see anything to press, unscrew or otherwise modify to get the bayonet assembly free of the stock. It looks as though its wedged onto the frame, but I don't want to start hitting and prying, as there might be something else required.
Does anyone have disassembly instructions for this weapon, or can someone point me to a WEB site that does? (Or can you recommend a reference books I might pick up?)
I started taking it apart last night and quickly found out that I was in over my head. It's a lot different from some of my other rifles...
I started to take the receiver from the stock and can get it loose, but the front end, where the barrel is held in place by the bayonet assembly (which functions like a barrel band) simply doesn't want to let it free. I can't see anything to press, unscrew or otherwise modify to get the bayonet assembly free of the stock. It looks as though its wedged onto the frame, but I don't want to start hitting and prying, as there might be something else required.
Does anyone have disassembly instructions for this weapon, or can someone point me to a WEB site that does? (Or can you recommend a reference books I might pick up?)