Krag Bolt disassembly

[Greg]

can someone school me on the way to disassemble the Bolt on an 1898 Krag?

I have a new Wolfe spring that I would like to install.

thank you for sharing your knoweldge

[Texas by God]

I'm sure there is a smarter method to this, but I managed just now to strip mine. You have to pull back on the cocking piece and rotate until the sear is next to the root of the bolt handle. It will pull straight out the back. Then you tilt the firing pin out of its dolls head connector to release the mainspring. As always, keep the pointy spring loaded thing facing away from you[emoji16]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200627/9098ba89455c36d4d6bf55fb9745b617.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200627/811f31b811c47915907a52cc0ff2842b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200627/d8d2352ab65c3e1be180b8e93d708b94.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200627/e5e8e32487ca5bc8aed4429d2b0efa9b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200627/3db0f1cf90056cc4be115b847133dfa9.jpg

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[Greg]

Thomas

Thank you !

and the spring was right where I thought I had put it so that I could find it [smilie=w:

[Texas by God]

Glad to help, let us know how it goes.

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[too many things]

if it slips out of hand good luck
i done in a box and had one slip and stick in the box

[tdoor4570]

Greg where did you get your Wolfe springs? I have 5 krags and would like to get some extra springs.

[Greg]

I had ordered it direct from Wolfe, as I didn't see one listed at Brownells.

thing was, I could install it on the striker, but could not reassemble the bolt.

so, until I find the time to email Wolfe I put the old spring back in. need to make time this Tuesday and find a solution

[armstrong]

maybe helpful... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y07okVYrUiM

[madsenshooter]

I was getting a lot of pierced primers with the 28lb spring. Not to mention the rifle was hard to cock. There is some differences in the length of the barrel on the boltsleeve (where the spring seats) between rifle models that can cause an assembly problem. Early models have a longer barrel on the boltsleeve and it's just barely possible to get the Wolff spring on them.