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This is the bolt from a Brno VZ 24. It was disassembled so that a new bolt handle could be welded on, and a low profile safety installed. Even with YouTube I can't figure out how to get this bolt back together all the way. The cocking piece needs to be rotated clockwise more. Either I'm a dimwit or lack the hand strength to rotate it further. Or both......

Push the plunger and rotate the cocking piece an additional 90 deg , release the safety letting the nose of the striker cam move into the little detent notch.?

That safety may not allow you to be in the safe position and still rotate the shroud. It typically locks the bolt. you may have to take the safety off and then rotate the shroud 1/4 turn clockwise.

Been awhile since i done one. I think you want to take the safety off hoke the sear engagement on the edge of something and pull the cocking indicater back and rotate.

Just twist the darn thing and don't pinch yer fingers!

These are a PITA. I take a coat hanger, put my right foot in one corner of the hanger on the floor, hook the flat-faced edge of the cocking piece at the other end of the coat hanger with one hand, pull, and then hopefully turn the bolt shroud another quarter turn with the other hand turn to click into the proper position. At least I think that's what I do but my memory is not too good anymore.

Not my video but you get the idea. I usually pull the cocking piece back and slide a penny between to hold the pressure,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLo20OiyWSg

Pretty sure the safety has to be off. Hook the sear on the edge of a wooden workbench, push down, and twist the bolt handle until everything goes back into place. Just did it about three days ago.

Normally this is the case but some folks like to alter the safety so that they can open the bolt with the safety on.

Another way that's worked for me: hook the sear engagement surface on the work bench. Pull down compressing the spring until there's a gap between the leading edge of the cocking piece and the back of the bolt shroud. Put a penny in the gap and ease the cocking piece forward. This will hold the cocking piece back so you can screw the assembly into the bolt body.

Sorry, looks like someone beat me to it!

That had always been my method too but 40+ years of working on Mausers has really taken a toll on the edge of my workbench. Now I keep an old screwdriver in my bench vise to put the sear against and pull.

I was lucky enough to get an Israeli M98 bolt disassembly tool from Numrich when they had them available that makes this much easier (and saves ones' benchtop).

I grabbed the sear qith vice grips and pulled. Didn't mar the finish any

I went with the penny in the gap approach. I still found it necessary to clamp the bolt body in a vise, and used vise grips on the shroud to rotate it the final 90 degrees.
Would have been interesting to let someone else try to rotate it bare handed, just to see. Arthritis has my hand strength greatly depleted.

Glad you got it sorted. It's a bear when you accidentally let the shroud rotate 90 degrees and then try to reinsert the bolt. The first time is the worst.

Vice grips with a small strip of leather in the jaws, then slip in the coin. Only need three hands, and no blemishes created.