Stuck Bolt...Sheeesh
Took the son and wife cakes to the gun club yesterday to shoot. Of course my wife shot her carbine. It may be hers but cleaning it is strictly up to me.
I've always found a carbine tricky to disassemble compared to an M1 Rifle but that may just be me because I don't do it enough and partly because I think that part could have been done better by the design team, but the little rifle was a bit of a rush job.
Anyway, got it all disassembled and cleaned up and started re assembly. I dropped the bolt into the action (yes it is right side up) fiddled with it and realized it had gotten stuck canted up in the receiver. I mean stuck as tight as "Dick's hatband." All attempts to free it including some light leverage with a screwdriver blade and light tapping with the plastic end of said screwdriver. Not being willing to damage a valuable firearm the next step is a gunsmith....ugh.
Since my hands, like everything else, have gotten a lot weaker since I've been sick I think I couldn't have applied too much force when it got stuck even if I tried. What a revolting development this is!!!
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