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Posted: 11/3/2007 5:35:22 PM EDT
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I had my bolt locked back prior to cleaning it and just cleared it when i kinda dropped the buttstock onto my cleaning bench. The bolt released and luckily i had no magazine in fearing something bad could've happend. Is this suppose to happen? |
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Yep. If you don't have an empty magazine applying spring pressure to the bolt lock. When the bolt is locked back friction is the only thing holding the bolt release in place. When you smack the buttstock, the bolt bounces off the bolt release and allows it to snap back into it's resting position. Since it no longer blocks the bolt, the bolt will slam home. IT WILL DO THIS WITH A LOADED MAGAZINE IN PLACE. You can also slam the buttstock on the ground hard enough to eject a chambered round. Don't try it! |
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Yes normal. The only completely safe gun is no mag, no round in chamber (visually check), selector on safe, bolt locked to the rear and pointed in a safe direction. Even if it slams home all other safety measures have been followed. A rifle with a mag is never safe, only on safe. Just friendly advice from what I learned in the military and 30 years of handling guns. |
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It's abnormal to drop your rifle. Stop doing that. The bolt going forward, is normal. If there is no mag in the forward pressure of the bolt keeps the bolt catch's spring from pulling it out of the way of the bolt. Release that tension for a millisecond, and the bolt catch spring will push th bolt cahtch otu of the path of the bolt. |
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