Joe Portale
New member
First let me say that I feel like one of the biggest dorks for this one.
I was getting ready to disassemble a bolt from a Mauser K98 CZ BRNO rifle. I pushed that little spring loaded catch that lies under the safety lever. Something slipped and the mechanism released. Now the firing pin is sticking out of the hole, the entire back of the bolt dropped along the angled raceway and seems to be in a neutral position. Like I said, the firing pin is sticking out of the hole, but it is free and can be pushed back with a piece of wood or pad of my thumb. Because the bolt sleeve and the cocking piece are now in the wrong position I can't simply re-install the bolt to work the action. I have torn up my fingers trying to get the back end of this thing to rotate back where it belongs. I have worked on several other Mausers and this is the first time this has happened. Besides nominating me for the dumb-ass of the week, can someone give me any ideas?
Thanks,
zJoe
I was getting ready to disassemble a bolt from a Mauser K98 CZ BRNO rifle. I pushed that little spring loaded catch that lies under the safety lever. Something slipped and the mechanism released. Now the firing pin is sticking out of the hole, the entire back of the bolt dropped along the angled raceway and seems to be in a neutral position. Like I said, the firing pin is sticking out of the hole, but it is free and can be pushed back with a piece of wood or pad of my thumb. Because the bolt sleeve and the cocking piece are now in the wrong position I can't simply re-install the bolt to work the action. I have torn up my fingers trying to get the back end of this thing to rotate back where it belongs. I have worked on several other Mausers and this is the first time this has happened. Besides nominating me for the dumb-ass of the week, can someone give me any ideas?
Thanks,
zJoe