Model 70 Safety Jammed

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Sea Buck

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The safety on my Model 70, circa 1980's is jammed in the fire position. It does not move. I also cannot open the bolt. The rifle is like new and was an estate sale. I fired 10 rounds of new Remington ammo for a sight in. Any ideas on how to fix this would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
Is the safety on the bolt rather a trigger blocking safety?
Chamber empty?
Have you changed any of the scope base screws since the rifle was working properly?
 
Action screws binding on bolt lug? Try loosening the front action screw and see if it fixes the problem.
 
I'm thinking bolt has to be cocked to put safety on.

If the center action screw is too tight it can spring the action and bind the bolt.

The trigger is very simple and easy to work on/with. If you're mechanically inclined you might try to remove trigger assy. and rule that out. Look for binding of the trigger/sear.

Need more info...
 
I have another Model 70 and found that the bolt/safety in the safe position acts the same as this one in the fire position. For what that is worth. The Mod 70 safety is a swing lever: Forward, fire. Mid: safe/bolt removal. Rear: safe. I am looking at my 1981 Sporting Rifle Take Down and Assembly Guide by J.B. Wood. I do not see any way that this rifle which is virtually new and 7MM Mauser by the way, could become jammed. (Ser no:G1539XXX). I did fire a few rounds of commercial ammo for sight in..four rounds for the sight in, 6 rounds for fun. I will remove the scope/bases and start over. Thanks for the response.
 
I removed the scope. Winchester drilled and tapped the threads all the way trough the receiver. However, this is not the problem. The scope mounting screws were not binding the bolt.The safety does not move, and in the fire position the bolt should open. It does not. Just an update. Maybe I'll use it for a tomato stake.
 
Just as a note. I did some on line research and have found out that this is a problem with Model 70's pre and post 64. It seems to be a design issue with the firing pin/sear that was never resolved. It must have cost Winchester thousands over the years in man hours and shipping to repair the rifles shipped to them and returned to sender. My rifle was mfg in 1982 and according to what I have just read, some newer still have the problem. Google or Bing Winchester Model 70 safety/bolt problems. Or something similar.
 
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