Bolt hard to operate
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Bolt hard to operate
The bolt action on my gun seems to be really hard to open most of the time, I was wondering if you guys knew any quick fixes for this. I already stripped, cleaned, and lubed it up but it's still hard to open and sometimes hard to close. Thanks.
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You didn't mention what kind of gun. Is it all the time or after you fire? Lets assume its a mosin. Search for sticky bolt.
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I did but apparently that is too common of a phrase so I got no results:no4shot wrote:You didn't mention what kind of gun. Is it all the time or after you fire? Lets assume its a mosin. Search for sticky bolt.
"The following words in your search query were ignored because they are too common words: sticky bolt.
You must specify at least one word to search for. Each word must consist of at least 3 characters and must not contain more than 14 characters excluding wildcards."
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Hard to open and close empty or with a round in the chamber?
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Both, but I researched online and I found that if I cock the bolt manually before cocking the bolt itself that it goes much easier. Something to do with the spring maybe?websterz wrote:Hard to open and close empty or with a round in the chamber?
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Sounds like your having troubles opening and closing. Have you taken the bolt apart and cleaned it?
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Check this topic: viewtopic.php?f=66&t=6932
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identify their corporate sponsors."
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Check the extractor and the channel it runs in. make sure bolt is put back together right. ![thumbsup :thumbsup:](./images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
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Thats what i thought it might be when i asked if he took the bolt apart to clean.desdem12 wrote:Check the extractor and the channel it runs in. make sure bolt is put back together right.
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Yeah I totally stripped it down, cleaned and relubed it. It's still sticky, maybe I just need to break it in
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Define re-lube??? What product do you use? I use Break-Free CLP to lightly coat the metal & a silicone cloth only.AmericanPower wrote:Yeah I totally stripped it down, cleaned and relubed it. It's still sticky, maybe I just need to break it in
I've found that the root cause for a sticky bolt is the dried grease still residing in the chamber area that heats up from shooting, liquefies, oozes onto the casing in the chamber & acts like instant glue holding the spent casing inside. To alleviate this... Use some JB Bore paste in the chamber & a few range sessions.. To clean, get a 20 gauge shotgun bore brush, wrap it with OOOO size steel wool, mount it on a section of shotgun cleaning rod, chuck it in a drill, put JB bore paste on the steel wool, drill it into the chamber at a slow speed, keep it straight and DO NOT GO INTO THE RIFLING! Again... As slow a speed as possible, do not go in too far as to touch the rifling & do it for about 1 minute only. ONE MORE TIME! DO NOT drill at high speed... Use the slowest speed possible, do not touch the rifling & keep it straight & consistent. Less is more.
And below are some helpful info... Good luck.
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I use rem oil to clean with then throw on a light coat of white lithium grease spray. This combo has always worked well in my other guns.
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Check for cosmoline just outside the chamber. That's what got me with a lot of my rescues. Harder than hell to open and close. I had to clean the snot out of it.
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Well, there's the problem, you had snot in it.bws wrote:Check for cosmoline just outside the chamber. That's what got me with a lot of my rescues. Harder than hell to open and close. I had to clean the snot out of it.
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