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Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention


cameleon

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My sporter is a cock on closing type with a 2 position safety. Somewhat of a pain for me to disassembly the bolt fully. I saw the tips on taking it down by putting the sear nub against the edge of a table and pulling the bolt so you can wedge the cocking piece to stay open. I can get it but have to play around with it. At 69 maybe the grip is not what it used to be. On you tube a guy had a similar setup with a Buehler safety. However, his cocking piece had a notch that he used the rim of a case to pull it open. Mine does not have a notch. So I cut a notch in mine but still no dice on trying to pull it open. Could not get a good purchase on it. Was thinking about a notch on the other side and using a nipper to grab it on both sides. But I hesitated. Didn't want to do too much cutting. So I looked around my stuff and found an old fashioned house fuse puller. It worked perfectly even though only one side grabbed the notch. Just grip it firm and I can get a dime in to wedge it. A little crude but much, much easier to work. By the way it's done with the bolt still in the rifle. Leaves a hand free.

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