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I seem to have a soft-spot for modern rifles which have been well used, neglected or damaged.

I just acquired a post 64 push feed Winchester Model 70 action that was previously chambered in 270win.

The person I got it from acquired it from a friend who's basement flooded. Apparently the rifle was
wet and got a bit of surface rust on it. My seller, removed the barrel and took the firing pin out of the
bolt and glass beaded blasted everything.

As a result,. the 3 position safety now seems to have some dust or debris in it and it won�t move out of the
fire position.

This is the first Winchester I've ever owned or worked on so it's also a learning process for me. I've worked on
a ton of Remington 700's and figure it time to try something new.

I'm having trouble trying to find any information about completely disassembling the bolt. I figured it was
just a matter of knocking out a few small pins and giving everything a clean-up.

Is there a trick to completely stripping the firing pin assembly that I don�t know about?

Trick? No.. Fairly simple actually.. All you might need is a small screw driver.. ('might' is the operative word)...

But you say he "took the firing pin out of the bolt..." Therefore he should be able to demonstrate the operation to you - unless he's a long ways away..

If you need my help - send me a PM and I'll walk you through it.

Last night I managed to remove the firing pin spring retainer and the firing pin came off.

I was able to slide the bolt shroud around on the firing pin and get he safety to engage. Definately feels dry or there is a bit of grit in there somewhere.

Now that the pressure is off the bolt shroud, do I just punch out the cross pin which holds the safety lever in place?

Here's all of the pieces. Hope it helps.

Yes - but do it with both ends of that shroud covered so it doesn't take off on ya.. That's a SMALL pin...

Then carefully wiggle out that safety lever - containing the plunger and spring behind..

Perfect. Thanks guys.

I was trying to knock out that tiny pin that holds in the safety lever.

It didnt want to come out very easily, maybe it just needs a bit more time with some penetrating oil and a bigger hammer.