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How to re-cock your bolt!

Sako Collectors Club Discussion Forum

topgear

Sako-addicted
Its a question that pops up time to time on here. My bolt won't go back into the gun. Usually as a result of de-cocking the bolt once its out of the rifle. Anyway saw this little video on youtube and thought it was a pretty good demonstration on how to do it with just a piece of string!
 
Slick. A new piece of gunsmith equipment for the workshop. It's quick and easy, doesn't require a padded vice, and the cost is unworthy of mention. I made mine out of eighth inch braided nylon line. Thanx for the great tip!
 
David...You have to measure your leg and subtract the length of the bolt multiplied by 2.5:rolleyes:

I get the best control wearing flip-flops, looping the string around my big toe.:D~Bloo
 
My toes are not as strong as Bloo's , don't have any flip flops and too old to get on the floor so here is what I use. A small machinist vise with soft jaws, just clamp down on the cocking piece (giving clearance for the bolt handle to rotate) pull the bolt body toward you and rotate 1/4 turn clockwise and that's it. Jim
 

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Upon receiving my newly acquired Sako which was shipped from California (properly and legally from FFL to FFL), I found that the bolt would not go in. This thread bailed me out. I used a long nylon wire tie with one end around my knee. thank you for the bail out~!!!!
 
It's forums like this that are good for"Why didn't I think af that" moments. Growing up around guns you find stuff out on your own(before you tube). I think I tried the shoe lace thing before but I was too young and not powerful enough. It's like the first Steyr M1895 we got from International firearms for 29.95 back in 1983 or 84. None of us could figure out how to remove the bolt until the one bookish cousin came over who didnt even like guns tried pushing the trigger forward and -voila! Out comes the bolt! Then the nolt head snapped- down and it was hours before we could getit back in!
 
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