HELP! I can't get my bolt back in

[Nutro]

I swapped out the stock tactical bolt knob on my brand new Savage TR and now I can't get the fucking thing back in. I even put the stock one back on and it won't work.

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[rookie101]

you might have rotated your lug hundred and eighty

 

[sib1948]

That's a bitch! I remember I had diffculty installing the NEW bolt that came with my Savage Axis 223. Their design leaves something to be desired. Good luck!

 

[rookie101]

the little outcrop on the bottom should be on the right side of the rifle.

 

[rookie101]

sorry I did not look at the pictures well enough, you need to cock the bolt (pretty sure). using the corner of a table or something, push the round knob (sleeve retaining pin) up the ramp and onto the detent........Hope that is what is going on.

 

[E. Bryant]

Looks to me as if the firing pin simply needs to be re-cocked.

 

[1shot2kill]

Use your 1/4" Allen wrench and back the nut all the way out then get the cocking piece in the correct position then re-tighten

 

[Nutro]

Well I feel like an ass, I was trying to get the round knob pushed back to the side to reset the firing pin but I couldn't get it with my fingers. I just used the end of my wooden mallet and voila it works now.

Thanks guys, I know my way around an AR and handguns like a champ but this is the first time I've ever played with a bolt gun

 

[Enough Said]

One can have the same problem after disassembling a model 700 bolt if it is not rotated back to the cocked position upon reassembly.

 

[sib1948]

^^^^^ Good to know!

 

[Andee]

E bryant is right. Re- cock the firing pin.