Gunsmithing Winchester 70 Safety blocking! Help!

[Arminius]

Hello to all!

I have a Problem: i had my Win 70 CRF Super Grade of approx 1994 at 2 Gunsmiths. Didn´t check in between the safety.

Now the safety is blocked in the fire position. As for disassembly of the Bolt I should put the safety to the medium position, which is blocked now, I can´t disassemble the Bolt.

My question ( before I take it to one gunsmith ):

is it possible, to disassemble the bolt, without the safety in the medium position?

What may bind the safety?

( my guess: the bolt was disassembled, and not fully threaded together, so the saftey is "besides" the safety notch on the firing pin ) ( is that BS? If so, please correct me - I am not a gunsmith )

Shall I use brute force?

Thanks in advance, Hermann

 

[Dans40X]

Re: Winchester 70 Safety blocking! Help!

yes,you can field strip the bolt w/o the safety.

Cheap un-tempered/hardened part(safety lever)is burred not allowing activation/use.

 

[Arminius]

Re: Winchester 70 Safety blocking! Help!

Thanks!

And HOW do I disassemble the bolt with Safety on "fire"?

THX again, Hermann

 

[Straight Shooter]

Re: Winchester 70 Safety blocking! Help!

Was any trigger work performed? (Timney) If it was the firing pin is now not being held back far enough for the safety to get started. It's a common rookie mistake. You just need to push the firing pin back a bit more to get the safety to engage for disassembly.

 

[Arminius]

Re: Winchester 70 Safety blocking! Help!

Wow, good advice!

thx!

Was able, to pull the FP back, but couldn´t find the "sweet Spot" for engagement of the safety.

Trigger job was earlier, but you may be right: i had the gun removed from the stock, as the bedding compound was "clinging" somewhat ... so maybe trigger movement was really affected ...

I´ll try tomorrow again, with my Son as help ...

thx again, Hermann

P.S.: how to disassemble the bolt with saftey "off"

I pushed in the little tab, and turned the bolt quarter revolution to the left. Now FP is fully forward, and nothing goes ...

 

[Arminius]

Re: Winchester 70 Safety blocking! Help!

HELP!

How do I disassemble a Win 70 Bolt, is the Safe is "off", so the FP not held back???

H

 

[Arminius]

Re: Winchester 70 Safety blocking! Help!

Visited my Gunsmith today.

Took him 10 Minutes.

Wanna guess, what caused the problem???

Hermann

 

[2156SMK]

Re: Winchester 70 Safety blocking! Help!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hermann</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wanna guess, what caused the problem???</div></div>

Unskilled operator.

 

[Arminius]

Re: Winchester 70 Safety blocking! Help!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 2156SMK</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hermann</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wanna guess, what caused the problem???</div></div>

Unskilled operator. </div></div>

True.

I RE-mounted the scope bases, which were on before.

But my Gunsmith ( yes, the one, who did the evaluation now ) gave me back the screws, and one of them was too long.

This, perhaps one millimeter or less, too long screw did nothing, except slightly touching the bolt ( under the FRONT base!?! ), and somehow preventing the safety to be put in the middle or safe position ...

Go figure!

Hermann

P.S.: might be, they lost one screw and added another, might be, in one other hole it would fit ... I´ll check that last thing tomorrow!