Bolt Problem

[Laneycat]

I picked up an old 110 today that was in need of a lot of TLC. Everything was going well as I cleaned it up until I put the bolt back in and tried to pull the handle down. The handle will not go all the way down. I can imagine that I did something real stupid but I can't figure it out. Any suggestions?

[yorketransport]

Check the action screws to make sure that they didn't get switched. I think that the rear screw is long enough to interfere with the bolt closing.

Andrew

[rjtfroggy]

Actually if the front screw is in to far the bolt will not close and the safety will not work either. Bolt stays at about 1:00 loosen the screw and see if it goes the rest of the way.

[Uncle Jack]

Is the bolt cocked?

uj

[yorketransport]

Actually if the front screw is in to far the bolt will not close and the safety will not work either. Bolt stays at about 1:00 loosen the screw and see if it goes the rest of the way.

That's what I was thinking, I just said it poorly. If you put the rear action screw in front, it will be too long and interfere with the bolt.

Andrew

[Edd Panzella]

Is the scope mount on? I seem to remember having a long scope mount screw contacting a locking lug when I tried to close the bolt.

[Laneycat]

Ed, you guessed it. One of the screws on the front mount was too long. I moved it to another hole and fixed the probnlem. Dummy me!!!!!! :-[