Need help with headspace

shaggy213 · 05-06-2008, 12:12 AM

Hey so i finally got a 91/30 thanks to people on this forum but i bought a clymer no go headspace gauge i cant seem to get the extractor out i went to surplusrifle.com and it says just use a punch and tap it out but didnt move just got a couple of dings. Also went to 7.62x54r.net they said use some penetrating oil and drift it out the back. Wondering if anybody on this forum has done it. Help i dont want to take it to a smith and pay to do when i already have a gauge. Thank you

Mooseman684 · 05-06-2008, 12:55 AM

I just lift the front lip with a very small screwdriver and gently tap it towards the rear with a brass or aluminum punch...Dipping it in boiling water will loosen the cosmoline holding it...
Rich

marion57 · 05-06-2008, 01:55 AM

+1 Mooseman

Go take a look at the pic of it on this site
Mosin Nagant Rifle Exploded Views and Disassembly

shaggy213 · 05-06-2008, 02:24 AM

marion57 i looked at that page tried to do what it was telling me but my extractor wouldnt budge

mosinitis man · 05-06-2008, 08:47 AM

What I do is I drilled a hole into a piece of wood large enough to let the extractor slip down through when the bolt head is sitting on it but small enough that the bolt head wont slip through it. I then spray some penetrating oil into a a small dixie cup and let the bolt head soak in it for about a hour. Then I place the bolt head on the piece of wood with the extractor over the hole i drilled. I then take a brass hammer and pound the extractor down to where it is flush with the bolt head rim. I then take a brass punch and gently tap the extactor down the side of the bolt head until it falls loose ( it will fall into the hole you drilled ).

SwedeSteve · 05-06-2008, 09:24 AM

Great advice as usual. Just be careful with that extractor!

marion57 · 05-06-2008, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by shaggy213

marion57 i looked at that page tried to do what it was telling me but my extractor wouldnt budge

Did you do what Mooseman told you in previous post?

Mike82 · 05-06-2008, 09:29 AM

just break it off....use ur headspace gauge....then put another one in. It'll make it easier to get that last bit of cosmoline out from under it.

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oh hey....anyone know where to buy ammo for an 11x39mm sks?

05-06-2008, 12:12 AM	#1
shaggy213 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 6	Need help with headspace Hey so i finally got a 91/30 thanks to people on this forum but i bought a clymer no go headspace gauge i cant seem to get the extractor out i went to surplusrifle.com and it says just use a punch and tap it out but didnt move just got a couple of dings. Also went to 7.62x54r.net they said use some penetrating oil and drift it out the back. Wondering if anybody on this forum has done it. Help i dont want to take it to a smith and pay to do when i already have a gauge. Thank you

05-06-2008, 12:55 AM	#2
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 9,688 Images: 2	I just lift the front lip with a very small screwdriver and gently tap it towards the rear with a brass or aluminum punch...Dipping it in boiling water will loosen the cosmoline holding it... Rich __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

05-06-2008, 01:55 AM	#3
marion57 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,883	+1 Mooseman Go take a look at the pic of it on this site Mosin Nagant Rifle Exploded Views and Disassembly __________________ You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers!(Charlton Heston)

05-06-2008, 09:24 AM	#6
SwedeSteve Thor's Hammer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 10,394 Images: 1	Great advice as usual. Just be careful with that extractor! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

05-06-2008, 09:29 AM	#8
Mike82 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi USA Posts: 1,034 Images: 7	just break it off....use ur headspace gauge....then put another one in. It'll make it easier to get that last bit of cosmoline out from under it. . . . oh hey....anyone know where to buy ammo for an 11x39mm sks? __________________ No Trespassing! Violators Will Be Shot! Survivors Will Be Shot Again! Last edited by Mike82; 05-06-2008 at 09:30 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

05-06-2008, 02:24 AM	#4
shaggy213 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 6	marion57 i looked at that page tried to do what it was telling me but my extractor wouldnt budge

05-06-2008, 08:47 AM	#5
mosinitis man Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Du Bois, PA Posts: 20	What I do is I drilled a hole into a piece of wood large enough to let the extractor slip down through when the bolt head is sitting on it but small enough that the bolt head wont slip through it. I then spray some penetrating oil into a a small dixie cup and let the bolt head soak in it for about a hour. Then I place the bolt head on the piece of wood with the extractor over the hole i drilled. I then take a brass hammer and pound the extractor down to where it is flush with the bolt head rim. I then take a brass punch and gently tap the extactor down the side of the bolt head until it falls loose ( it will fall into the hole you drilled ).