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old hawk · September 6, 2001, 07:45 AM

ok guys im stumped here for the 1dt time in a long time,just acquirred a nice old model 58 and cleaned the barrel,magazine,gas piston,springs etc but how in gods name do they remove the bolt from the reciever?i spent 2 hours on that and ill be darned if i can figure out how to remove the lock block from the bolt itself to take the charge handle out to slide the whole thing forward out of the reciever........any help appreciated,all i have to do now is just clean the bolt and then buff off the greying and she will look mint.

September 6, 2001, 07:45 AM	#1
old hawk Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2000 Location: somewhere,maine. Posts: 175	bolt removal:rem model 58 semi auto ok guys im stumped here for the 1dt time in a long time,just acquirred a nice old model 58 and cleaned the barrel,magazine,gas piston,springs etc but how in gods name do they remove the bolt from the reciever?i spent 2 hours on that and ill be darned if i can figure out how to remove the lock block from the bolt itself to take the charge handle out to slide the whole thing forward out of the reciever........any help appreciated,all i have to do now is just clean the bolt and then buff off the greying and she will look mint.