Thread: Half cock or safety

Originally Posted by Makros

Many an unsuspecting hunter has found their Sako or Tikka bolt in this position. If you don't know how to re-cock it it can be quite the handful...

its a right bitch to undo on the remington 700..need vice grips GENTLY (akaroa1 please no lynch party) to hold it to turn it.... the zastavas and that model 70 can be turned by hand firmly..the Howa is tight and needed grips too....yo ucan turn Howa THE OPPOSITE WAY AND UNSCREW IT for cleaning..on the model 70 shown yo uswing safety to middle position and then push in the wee lock shown at top position and then unscrew bolt....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

its a right bitch to undo on the remington 700..need vice grips GENTLY (akaroa1 please no lynch party) to hold it to turn it.... the zastavas and that model 70 can be turned by hand firmly..the Howa is tight and needed grips too....yo ucan turn Howa THE OPPOSITE WAY AND UNSCREW IT for cleaning..on the model 70 shown yo uswing safety to middle position and then push in the wee lock shown at top position and then unscrew bolt....

Can you stick the Rem 700 bolt in backwards and use the groove in the receiver and turn the bolt handle to re-cock? You can with a Tikka. I only own a Christensen Arms Rem 700 clone not an actual Remington and you can re-cock that by hand.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

its a right bitch to undo on the remington 700..need vice grips GENTLY (akaroa1 please no lynch party) to hold it to turn it.... the zastavas and that model 70 can be turned by hand firmly..the Howa is tight and needed grips too....yo ucan turn Howa THE OPPOSITE WAY AND UNSCREW IT for cleaning..on the model 70 shown yo uswing safety to middle position and then push in the wee lock shown at top position and then unscrew bolt....

You haven't trip with a loop of string around something solid? Loop it over the cocking piece, pull and turn. Kinda embarrassing when you work out how simple it is haha.