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Posted: 12/25/2009 6:57:11 AM EDT
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Merry Christmas, everybody ...
Santa left a Lancaster RR AK74 under the tree for me! I must have been especially bad last year. Anyway, this is my first AK and i have an FNG question: How do you lock the bolt back? I've been fiddling around with it this morning, taking it apart and putting it back together and whatnot, but cannot figure out how to lock back the bolt (mag in and mag out), so I've narrowed it down to three possibllities: 1. It doesnt lock back, which doesnt make much sense. 2. It does lock back, but I'm to farging dumb to figure it out (which makes more sense) 3. It coes lock back, but something's wrong with this rifle Any guidance would be appreciated. BTW, if I can a place to grab up some ammo (Santa dropped the ball on that one), I'll be busting caps at the Garland range tomorrow. Cheers. |
| No your not a idiot at all :) I sometimes gotta remember that on the surefire mags the bolt locks in place when pulled all the way back on my 223 unless the clip is loaded. The ten rounder doesn't do that.....Very nice present by the way it sounds like pics maybe? |
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Bolt does not lock back, by design. Most European/Asian guns are like this including the HK roller locked guns (Mp5/G3 series) for example.
There are some Yugoslavian magazines out there which hold the bolt open after the last round is fired because the design of the mag follower. The mag follower simply gets in the way of the bolt, but there is no BHO device built into the gun, so upon removing the magazine the bolt immediately slams home from a half-charged position. Here is a good YouTube of the basic manual of arms for the AK. I post this alot for FNG types because this guy knows what he's doing. Watch closely, practice it a little bit, and may the Gods of reliability and toughness shine down upon you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TegQiSObPZo |
| You can manually lock back the bolt by retracting the bolt carrier handle and pulling the trigger and then releasing the trigger. You will need to do this a couple of times until you get used to the feel of the disconnector locking the hammer back. The bolt carrier will be stopped by the upward pressure of the locked hammer. Be careful not to put your fingers in the action because a slight bump to the rifle will release the bolt! |
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You can manually lock back the bolt by retracting the bolt carrier handle and pulling the trigger and then releasing the trigger. You will need to do this a couple of times until you get used to the feel of the disconnector locking the hammer back. The bolt carrier will be stopped by the upward pressure of the locked hammer. Be careful not to put your fingers in the action because a slight bump to the rifle will release the bolt! Why would you ever do this? What's the point when a slight bump to the rifle will release the bolt with the hammer following it (since you already pulled the trigger)? If you actually have a loaded mag in the magwell this would be a great way to get the rifle to fire by simply setting it down. Again, why would you EVER do this? |
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You can manually lock back the bolt by retracting the bolt carrier handle and pulling the trigger and then releasing the trigger. You will need to do this a couple of times until you get used to the feel of the disconnector locking the hammer back. The bolt carrier will be stopped by the upward pressure of the locked hammer. Be careful not to put your fingers in the action because a slight bump to the rifle will release the bolt! Why would you ever do this? What's the point when a slight bump to the rifle will release the bolt with the hammer following it (since you already pulled the trigger)? If you actually have a loaded mag in the magwell this would be a great way to get the rifle to fire by simply setting it down. Again, why would you EVER do this? Because you want to see how many times you can pull this stunt before getting a slam-fire? 
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If you want to add the ability to lock the bolt open, you can either buy a modified selector lever of you can modify your own. All you have to do is file a notch into the top of the lever to catch the bolt handle when it is retracted. This comes in handy at ranges that require the bolt to be locked open on all rifles before you can go down range to change your targets. Here is my selector lever from Blackjack Buffers:
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You can manually lock back the bolt by retracting the bolt carrier handle and pulling the trigger and then releasing the trigger. You will need to do this a couple of times until you get used to the feel of the disconnector locking the hammer back. The bolt carrier will be stopped by the upward pressure of the locked hammer. This happens because the hammer and carrier haven't "mated". Once you've fired the rifle several hundred time, the carrier won't hang on the hammer.Be careful not to put your fingers in the action because a slight bump to the rifle will release the bolt! |
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