Manual

SOVIET RIFLES AND CARBINES
May 1954
IDENTIFICATION AND OPERATION
ORDI 7-101
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Remove the bolt.
Slide the bolt cover forward to give space to press the driving
spring rod forward and down sufficiently to release it from the notch in the cover.
Slide the cover forward and remove it (fig. 62); at the same time release the
driving spring rod slowly, letting it move backward out of the bolt until it stops
on the rear of the receiver.
Both the operating spring and the guide rod are in
two sections.
Grasp the forward section with one hand and the rear section with
the other hand. and compress the two sections.
Remove them while they are
compressed (fig. 63).
Pull the bolt back almost to the rear, and then move it
upward to remove it (fig. 64).
Grasp the bolt with the thumb and index finger,
and lift it out of the bolt slide (fig. 65).
FIGURE 62. REMOVING BOLT COVER.
FIGURE 63. REMOVING DRIVING SPRING.
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