So I bought a used model 70 in 270, went to the range and zeroed it, fired fine. So, I then went to my land to hunt with it and low and behold, it would not go into safe, it was stuck on fire. I read and watched some YouTube videos and they said it was essential that the safety be placed in the center position before removing the bolt or this would happen. So I looked up the method to fix it (Youtube below)and after some heavy wrestling, I managed to rotate the safety back into the middle. Reinstalled the bolt and did a function test, all the way back, trigger and bolt locked, middle position the bolt unlocked but trigger still locked, then went to the fire position and once again it stuck forward, and of course it would fire.
So, that brings me to a few questions:
1. Does this bolt disassembly tool work on Remington bolts? Looks like it should work.
2. Anyone have an idea on what could be locking the safety into the fire position?