I just bought a FN SPR (early model) which is basicly a Winchester 70. After some lightening of the trigger, the gun fired on its own and now the safty will not move from the fire position and the bolt cannot be lifted. I took the stock off again but nothing seem to unlock the stuck bolt. Anyone have a suggestion?

Assuming the rifle is not loaded.Remove the stock. Remove the bolt stop, trigger, and sear. With the barreled action upsidedown in the vise use a punch to push the striker back un til the safety can be engaged at the halfway position. Now the bolt should open. Regards, Bill

The stock is now removed. Do I need to first punch out the pin holding the trigger to the action to remove the trigger? Will this allow the removal of the other part(s)?

A schematic of the gun is not in the manual and I haven't been able to find one on the web so I'm not sure which parts are which.

Thanks for your help so far.

[This message has been edited by Glenn R (edited 05-16-2002).]

How did you "lighten" the trigger? Is the trigger ther original two stage type? Did you cut the spring or stone the sear nose?

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Doug Humbarger
NRA Life member

Glenn,
If this rifle is indeed a M70 removing the trigger pin will allow the removal of the trigger, the bolt stop,and the bolt stop spring. As you push this pin out with one hand you may want to cup the other hand over the trigger so this bolt stop spring doesn't jump ship. If you are unfamiliar with the mechanism then look at it carefully before disassembling or take it to someone who is familiar with it. If removing the trigger pin does not allow the removal of the bolt stop and spring then the rifle is not really basically a M70 and I don't know what it's like!
If it is like a M70 then you can push out the sear pivot pin and remove the sear then proceed as previously mentioned. Let me say at this time, If you are having any difficulty in the disassembly of this mechanism then you probably should not be messing with it! No offense. Regards, Bill.

My dad had the same thing happen to him on a M70 Classic Sporter LT in 338 Mag. He didn't even adjust the trigger. The sear broke just one time in a dry firing. According to Dennis Olson USRAC had a bad run of these Classic Sporter LT's with the sear breaking. I guess the steal in the sear was too brittle. They also had a bad run of barrels in 338. This was a couple of years ago.

-Mike

I took it to a gunsmith, Imbert & Smithers in San Carlos, CA, and they fixed it and adjusted the trigger to 3 lbs for $50. I probably could have done it with the advice you all have provided but decided I really wanted a good trigger adjustment also so decided to give them the bolt to fix as part of the job. Thanks for all the help.

Good move. A wise use of $50.

[This message has been edited by trigger (edited 05-18-2002).]