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| Yes. Strip the bolt and make sure nothing is dragging inside. On Mausers sometimes the internal firing pin safety lugs drag on the bolt cut inside. Not sure about Sako. Soft cocking pieces can make them sticky, as can dirt, rust, burrs on the threads, and stiff main springs, all can make for hard opening. Good lube is important. |
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| I have seen the "bubbathing" of cutting off a couple coils...accuracy will go to hell in a basket |
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| quote: Originally posted by Duane Wiebe (CG&R): I have seen the "bubbathing" of cutting off a couple coils...accuracy will go to hell in a basket
Interesting. Why is that? |
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| "couple is a loose term...but the more taken off, the more ignition suffers |
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| I would harden and polish the cocking cam. I would also check closely to see if the cocking piece tenon was galling in the bolt body. Regards, Bill |
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| quote: Originally posted by Bill Leeper: I would harden and polish the cocking cam. I would also check closely to see if the cocking piece tenon was galling in the bolt body. Regards, Bill
This^^^ Especially in light of this statement: "I polished the bolt's camming surface with a Dremel tool, but the problem only got worse!" Remember that most cocking pieces and cocking cams have a helical cut on them. if you flatten them out when stoning or polishing, you can make them more difficult to cock. Aut vincere aut mori |
| Posts: 4867 | Location: Lakewood, CO | Registered: 07 February 2002 |
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| Make sure the stripped and cleaned bolt body operates smoothly in the receiver before doing anything. |
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| Have a good gunsmith look at it..I have and have had a number of those great little L-46s and never a problem, maybe somebody has pranked with yours..test the hardness of the cocking piece with a 3 corner file..
Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120
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| Posts: 42230 | Location: Twin Falls, Idaho | Registered: 04 June 2000 |
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