Mauser bolt dissassembly

bausch · July 03, 2005, 07:32

The bolt and receiver #s match but I want to check the headspace on my 1916 .308 Mauser so how does the bolt come apart and go back together?

Dick S · July 03, 2005, 07:52

It's been a while but I think you cock the rifle...move the safety to the vertical position...remove the bolt... unscrew the rear portion of the bolt...do not change location of the safety until reassembled or it is hard to reassemble.

Just want to know what disassembling the bolt has to do with checking headspace? I just slide the base of the gauge under the claw extractor and slide it into the action.

bausch · July 03, 2005, 08:06

I always dissassembled Garand and 14 bolts so I figured that was the way to go.

**bykerhd** · July 03, 2005, 08:17

Your lock time might improve if you clean out the bolt cavity, firing pin & spring & shroud. If you have never done it, it is likely full of gunk and possibly cosmoline. Not hard to take apart & reassemble

Arby · July 03, 2005, 09:23

IIRC, there is a plunger in the front part of the rear bolt component (the one that the safety is on). Basically, you press the plunger in after you have safed the rifle (as Dick S said), and the whole thing unscrews easily.

crcksht · July 03, 2005, 10:24

In order to get an accurate measurement, the extractor needs to be removed to check headspace.

Clark · July 03, 2005, 11:06

I have been pulling Mauser bolts for 40 years, and this tutorial on Mauser bolt dissasembly just showed me how to get the extractor off easier!
http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting...mbly/index.asp

droog · July 03, 2005, 17:09

I almost got suckered into buying one of those extractor pliers once about 10 years ago till I discovered I didnt need it.

bausch · July 04, 2005, 09:49

Thanks to all Regards Bausch

owlcreekok · July 05, 2005, 08:19

Great post Clark ! Saved that one in a 'Word" file.

Cheers

July 03, 2005, 07:32	#1
bausch Registered FALaholic #: 6745 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 448	Mauser bolt dissassembly The bolt and receiver #s match but I want to check the headspace on my 1916 .308 Mauser so how does the bolt come apart and go back together?

July 03, 2005, 07:52	#2
Dick S Registered FALaholic #: 10846 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Georgia Posts: 465	It's been a while but I think you cock the rifle...move the safety to the vertical position...remove the bolt... unscrew the rear portion of the bolt...do not change location of the safety until reassembled or it is hard to reassemble. Just want to know what disassembling the bolt has to do with checking headspace? I just slide the base of the gauge under the claw extractor and slide it into the action. __________________ Dick S

July 03, 2005, 11:06	#7
Clark Registered FALaholic #: 1213 Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 750	I have been pulling Mauser bolts for 40 years, and this tutorial on Mauser bolt dissasembly just showed me how to get the extractor off easier! http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting...mbly/index.asp __________________ No technical content or wit in your rude post... no response from me....I'll give the last word to a turd.

July 05, 2005, 08:19	#10
owlcreekok Registered FALaholic #: 15323 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tejas Posts: 9,331	Great post Clark ! Saved that one in a 'Word" file. Cheers __________________ "It is necessary for the welfare of the nation that men's lives be based on the principles of the Bible. No man, educated or uneducated, can afford to be ignorant of the Bible." - Theodore Roosevelt - (1858-1919) 26th President of the United States FOUNDER- Free ggiilliiee Foundation hehe

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July 03, 2005, 08:06	#3
bausch Registered FALaholic #: 6745 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 448	I always dissassembled Garand and 14 bolts so I figured that was the way to go.

July 03, 2005, 08:17	#4
bykerhd Dinosaur Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 2798 Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Burlington Vermont area Posts: 13,262	Your lock time might improve if you clean out the bolt cavity, firing pin & spring & shroud. If you have never done it, it is likely full of gunk and possibly cosmoline. Not hard to take apart & reassemble

July 03, 2005, 09:23	#5
Arby Registered FALaholic #: 653 Join Date: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,489	IIRC, there is a plunger in the front part of the rear bolt component (the one that the safety is on). Basically, you press the plunger in after you have safed the rifle (as Dick S said), and the whole thing unscrews easily.

July 03, 2005, 10:24	#6
crcksht Registered FALaholic #: 15315 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Volunteer State Posts: 1,159	In order to get an accurate measurement, the extractor needs to be removed to check headspace.

July 03, 2005, 17:09	#8
droog Registered FALaholic #: 6462 Join Date: May 2002 Location: n.dak. Posts: 438	I almost got suckered into buying one of those extractor pliers once about 10 years ago till I discovered I didnt need it.

July 04, 2005, 09:49	#9
bausch Registered FALaholic #: 6745 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 448	Thanks to all Regards Bausch