Please help - Bighorn TL3 Problem - N00b Question?

[TheLionHearted]

Good Evening All,

I hope you're all well. This might be a n00b problem that I'm having but I'm very new to bolt actions. I have a Bighorn TL3. It didn't do this when I first bought it, so I'm very concerned.

See how the cocking spring isn't in the right place there? Is it some type of obstruction? I couldn't see anything.

It seems to be fine here, but inside it, it doesn't seem to function properly.

I can't see any obstructions.

Any assistance or advice that you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Please bear in mind I'm very new to this.

Thanks,

 

[Westex6.5]

Your fine. Looks like you just installed it wrong or didnt twist far enough. I believe i did this same thing last summer. Gotta hold your mouth just right.

My TL3 is currently in OK at Beanlands or I would be more help.

 

[Sheldon N]

I can't replicate it on my TL-3, but my first thought would be perhaps something going on with the cross pin on the bolt head? I'd take the bolt head off, wipe it all down and then put it back together again making sure it's aligned.

 

[TheLionHearted]

Your fine. Looks like you just installed it wrong or didnt twist far enough. I believe i did this same thing last summer. Gotta hold your mouth just right.

My TL3 is currently in OK at Beanlands or I would be more help.

It’s definitely not an issue of twisting.

 

[TheLionHearted]

I can't replicate it on my TL-3, but my first thought would be perhaps something going on with the cross pin on the bolt head? I'd take the bolt head off, wipe it all down and then put it back together again making sure it's aligned.

Thank you for your reply. I just tried that, and it didn't make a difference.

I didn't notice any obstruction in there that would be causing this.

Thanks!

 

[Sixfivesavage]

Not sure I see a problem here. I've had two of these things and there's not much to it that can go wrong. It looks like you just didn't spin the Bolt shroud and cocking piece back up to the cocked position. It won't go in the action in the fired position. You need to press in and turn it back up the cocking ramp to the indentation where it rests when it's cocked. Looks like a left handed Bolt, correct?

 

[TheLionHearted]

Not sure I see a problem here. I've had two of these things and there's not much to it that can go wrong. It looks like you just didn't spin the Bolt shroud and cocking piece back up to the cocked position. It won't go in the action in the fired position. You need to press in and turn it back up the cocking ramp to the indentation where it rests when it's cocked. Looks like a left handed Bolt, correct?

Yes sir, left handed bolt.

Okay, so I'm very new to this, so forgive me if I'm not understanding you properly. But what I believe you are saying is that you think the cocking piece over to the pink dot on the right, am I correct?
If so, then that's fine, and I agree with you. But I don't think that is my problem as I can twist it that way, and insert it properly into the receiver.

But the cocking piece is still obstructed when I lower the bolt handle down in the receiver after I've lifted the bolt, brought it back and pushed it forward again.

I know that when I first got this action and I the cocking piece would go forward to the left dot due to the pressure of the spring when I had it in this position and I'd have to use more force to work against the spring to get it to the position where the right dot is.

 

[Sixfivesavage]

Obstructed how? Not sure I'm following what your saying. Does the action have a trigger in it? The only thing holding it back once you run the Bolt is the trigger.

 

[TheLionHearted]

Fixed it, stand by for explanation.

 

[TheLionHearted]

Okay, so let's recap over the problem.

As we can see, the cocking piece was not in the correct position. What was the problem?

Well, I took it the bolt out the bolt shroud (forgive me if this is the incorrect terminology). I twisted the spring and the bolt a few times to the left, and it became impossible even to put the bolt in the same way it was before.

So then I took it out again, and kept twisting, and eventually, it came apart as below.

So then I realized it mustn't have been threaded on there all the way, and through working the bolt over and over, it was backing out. I had also noticed that the action wasn't as smooth for some time while working, and it felt less kept together.

So I put it back in, and threaded it all the way, until it was nice and tight and voila.
Now it works fine and is just as smooth as it was before.

 

[Supersubes]

Twisting of the firing pin on it’s thread controls pin protrusion. The set screw on the striker retains the setting. Usually there’s a flat milled into the threads to accomodate the set screw. In other words, set the pin protrusion before locking everything down.

 

[Sheldon N]

Twisting of the firing pin on it’s thread controls pin protrusion. The set screw on the striker retains the setting. Usually there’s a flat milled into the threads to accomodate the set screw. In other words, set the pin protrusion before locking everything down.

Agree. I think it would be good to call Bighorn and chat with them a few minutes to make sure that it's put together correctly.

 

[Westex6.5]

It’s definitely not an issue of twisting.

Just trying to help you out buddy. Like i said i had this same exact damn thing happen to me when I was playing around with my first TL3. Freaked me out but i fixed it in 30 seconds.

Glad you figured out the original issue but I would definitely call aaron now to ensure you reconfigured the firing pin assembly correctly. That or inform your gunsmith of the issue.

Joe

 

[TheLionHearted]

Just trying to help you out buddy. Like i said i had this same exact damn thing happen to me when I was playing around with my first TL3. Freaked me out but i fixed it in 30 seconds.

Glad you figured out the original issue but I would definitely call aaron now to ensure you reconfigured the firing pin assembly correctly. That or inform your gunsmith of the issue.

Joe

I apologize if I sounded brash, that certainly wasn't my intent at all. I just wanted to make sure that I was explaining that I had twisted it whilst it was in the shroud and whilst it did definitely enable me to put the whole thing back in the action, the cocking spring was still having that issue.

That is, unless you were trying to explain to me that I had to take the bolt out of the bolt shroud and twist it until it was tight, in that case, you were most certainly right.

I'm very much a n00b at all of this so I don't understand all of the terminology etc.