I went to do a nice thing for father's day and clean and lube my father-in-law's Savage Model 29B. When I took the Breechbolt assembly out of the chamber, the cartridge guide pin fell out and the cartridge guide and tiny circular cartridge guide spring fell out of the assembly.
I was able to recover the three pieces but I have not been able to correctly re-install the spring. I do not want to do damage to the spring, so I haven't put any significant pressure on the pieces.
I checked out the thread here:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...984-Savage-29B
which lead me to a great diagram in stevepages:
http://stevespages.com/ipb-savage-29.html
So, I know the direction the spring goes, but when I simply set the spring on the cartridge guide, align everything back up and push the guide pin in place, everything is still very loose.
So, Jack Stanley, Mk42gunner, pietro, 2152hq, or anyone else out there who has familiarity with this gun, I sure could use a bit of help.
Once the proper assembly is determined, I'd like to see why these components just fell out. I would imagine that under spring tension, the pins would not just fall out.
Thanks!
Bo Hunter