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Posted: 10/19/2005 7:05:57 PM EDT
Ive read a lot here in the past several months and the most frequent malfunction in shoot the AR besides having your shoe laces tied too tight and their momma not giving them enough attention as a child  is the extractor failing to extract caused by weak spring. Is this something I should replace just becuz and is it hard to do?And anyone know where i can find a picture diagram or good explaination of taking apart a bolt? |
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Use Bullet tip to pull firing pin retainer pin (coter pin looking thing). Bang back side of carrier on table and watch firing pin drop out. Turn cam 90* with the bolt reaward and remove cam. Grab bolt and pull forwards to remove it from carrier. Use Firing pin point to push extractor pin 1/4 of the way out, then put a little pressure on the extractor pivot point to pull the pin all the way out. The bolt is now stripped as far as you need to go, and ready for cleaning/spring change. |
Right below the Stag Arms ad above is a button labeled INFORMATION, under that button you'll find all manner of interesting items one of them being this: Bolt (1) Extractor Pin (2) Extractor (3) Extractor Spring Assembly (4) Ejector Pin (5) Ejector (6) Ejector Helical Spring (7) Bolt Rings (8) Bolt Never hurts to read the TACKED topics located in various forums either...... Mike |
Your right mike, preciate it - still pullin the noob thing. But no one has yet commented on the Wolff Extractor spring? Necessary? Improved performance? Whats up with this $11 piece of wound up metal |
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I own 4 AR15s and everyone of 'em is still operating on the original extractor spring. Even the one with over 5-6K rounds thru it. Spare parts like replacement Wolf spring kits are in my BOB as well as entire spare bolts, but if it ain't broke I don't fix it. Mike ps - check out the Egress (?) bolt up-grade kits sold on the EE as I have a few of those also (ya can't ever have too many mags or replacenemt parts IMO. as to the guys having problems...... seemingly an epidemic, most of 'em mix and match their used and new parts, hanging on to their bolts and carriers when they sell their uppers, shoot cheap crappy ammo like Wolf and others, attended the Willie G. Coyote school of gunsmithing, or they simply purchase non-quality parts to begin with....., stick with a quality AR product and you should have no problems.
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