Hey guys,

I hate to be that guy whose first post is a problem with his rifle, but unfortunately, that's me. I haven't been able to find a fix so I'm turning to you.

I had the bolt out of the rifle for cleaning a couple days ago, and it wouldn't go back in. Getting curious and feeling it should be cleaned anyway, I got ambitious and took the bolt apart and cleaned/oiled it.

The bolt seems to be back together correctly (I've disassembled and re-assembled at least a dozen times now), but when I put it into the rifle it causes a problem. When I raise the bolt handle, it goes up and cocks the bolt. However, the bolt will not come back (like to eject a casing).

One thing I noticed that I did not notice before (maybe I wasn't paying attention) is that the bolt release is down when the bolt is in the fired position, and it goes up when in the cocked position. I don't know if that has anything to do with anything.

I've determined that the problem might have do with the "button" on the side of the bolt that cocks the rifle, maybe getting jammed up with the bolt release or something. The front end of the bolt (extractor etc) seems to be working fine. Any other ideas?

I would appreciate any advice on how to get this fixed. Thanks in advance.