winchester model 70 bolt disassembly

rlfcjf

April 27, 2002 15:30

Help! recently purchased a model 70 .270 cal used... at what i thought was a bargin.. i thought this at the time.. come to find out the safety is in the fire postion and will not budge. tried to follow the instructions in a book i have on how to disassemble the bolt..

Right! read somewhere that you can field strip a model 70 bolt..
Yah! Right! if you take a vise or vise grips into the field with
you. Push the little pin in and unscrew this.. Yah! Right again..

anyhow .. i have the guts out of the bolt body or sleeve and i'm trying to get the safety removed..instructions mention to use a small
drift punch and tap the pin to the inside of the bolt sleeve and then rotate the safety and off it'll come.. Right .I have been tapping on a small pin, about the size of a small brad nail. nothing happens..
all i managed in doing was bending my drift punch..

come on guys i need help here.. lots of help.. God do i need help..
Damn gun anyway...

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  Jody Commander

  April 27, 2002 17:36

  If You have removed the striker spring keeper and follower and the striker spring, there is only to drive the pin out of the cap, it can be balky, I suggest a short starter punch to start the pin and then a standard punch to finish removal.I think Win. Loctites the pin , so some heat may aid in the removal but be careful to not overheat and ruin the blue.You may not have a problem with the bolt, the trigger may have been tampered with,if too much metal is removed in stoning or improper adjustment has occurred, the safety will not engage.

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  rlfcjf

  April 27, 2002 18:58

  Jody Commander
  
  thanks.. with your inspiration i tackled it again and after getting the firing pin and spring off i tapped out the pin that holds the end cap ( i don't know if that is the proper name for it) on at the very rear of the bolt.. the pin was bent in a U shape, it appears if someone replace the original with a small 4 penny nail chrome colored..
  with the pin out the safety works like a charm.. need to order another pin and hope i get it back together again.
  
  rick

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