Parker~hale Bolt Disassembly

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UNVMYWJ

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My nieghbour brought me over an old gun his father passed onto him and it has some surface rust but in good shape none the less. I want to disassemble the bolt because I can see it needs attention. Plus the fact the firing pin wont come out far enough to hit the primer of the 308 round it requires. I can only assume it is obstructed with debris. Could anyone here help me out with some kind of diagram or instruction on how to do this. I have looked on line but have found nothing I can use.

Gun says it is a safari deluxe.

Thanks
UNV
 
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Try Googling disassembling a mauser bolt & see if that helps.

Some PH bolts don't have a safety on the bolt but usually have a hole through the sear piece that you can stick a pin or nail into to serve the same purpose.
 
John Kielly said:
Try Googling disassembling a mauser bolt & see if that helps.

Some PH bolts don't have a safety on the bolt but usually have a hole through the sear piece that you can stick a pin or nail into to serve the same purpose.
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Thank you, I will give it a try
 
accurate shooter site , gunsmith forum should help also.

mike in co
 
Remove bolt from rifle...

Using pliers pull the cocking piece back past the shroud, then carefully rotate it 1/8 of a turn and let it rest on the shroud. DO NOT rotate it 1/4 turn. Make sure you don't rotate it more than 1/8 of a turn...

Then depress the pin that is locking the shroud from turning and unscrew the assembly being careful not to rotate the cocking piece from where it is resting on the shroud.
 
Thank you. The videos and descriptions I found didnt explain the 1/8 turn part. I will give this a try after work today. I have a feeling someone had this apart and did not assemble correctly. I see on the stock where someone was trying to force the bolt in when it was out of position and must have got mad because the wood is badly damaged lol. I hope I can get it going for his because he had a wolf run off with one of his calfs the other night.
 
UNVMYWJ said:
Thank you. The videos and descriptions I found didnt explain the 1/8 turn part. I will give this a try after work today. I have a feeling someone had this apart and did not assemble correctly. I see on the stock where someone was trying to force the bolt in when it was out of position and must have got mad because the wood is badly damaged lol. I hope I can get it going for his because he had a wolf run off with one of his calfs the other night.
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The 'only' 1/8 turn of the cocking piece is so the cocking piece does not separate from the firing pin. If that happens it is fairly difficult to remove the assembly then... 1/4 turn allows the cocking piece to come off the end of the firing pin because of the interrupted threads. You only want to do that when the firing pin is out of the bolt body.
 
All went really well and bolt is smooth and functioning properly. Thanks guys. I was able to not use any tools but a piece of thin leather cloth and my hands. Another 15 years from now I proble wont be able to do that lol.

Thanks again.
 
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