Collecting and Shooting the Romanian Trainer - Bolt Disassembly and Reassembly

How to: Disassemble and Reassemble the Romanian .22 Trainer's Bolt


Note: For the sake of writing the instructions for the disassembly and reassembly of the bolt, the names or nomenclatures in the above diagram are Surplusrifle.com's estimation of the correct nomenclatures and quite possibly not the actual nomenclatures.
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*Disassembly Instructions*
	1) Note the direction the safety lever is installed on the bolt (as shown in figure 1). It is actually possible to install it backwards.
	2) The key to disassembling the bolt is to compress the striker spring in the direction shown in figure 2. Note: To the left of the arrow is the spring retainer with a detent for you to place a punches tip and move it in the direction of the arrow.
Warning: The striker spring is a very strong spring and requires a lot of pressure to compress and hold compressed. Be cautious when attempting this procedure because the spring and other parts can shoot out of the bolt at high velocity.
	3) Decock the bolt and let the striker spring expand. Note: this disassembly can only be accomplished if the bolt body is held in a vise or flat on a surface with a c-clamp. Figure 4 shows how the bolt should be positioned in the vise to gain access to the striker spring and retainer.
	4) I cheat and use a jeweler's flat blade screwdriver to insert the tip between the top coils of the striker spring and then compress it. Then while holding the striker spring, I use my other hand to take a punch and move the spring retainer towards the compressed spring. I find this method easier because you have less chance of loosing grip on the retainer because the striker spring is fairly difficult to compress.
	5) While keeping the striker spring compressed, move the safety lever to the right or left and pull out until it comes free of the bolt.
	6) Be very careful to release pressure on the striker spring slowly or it will fly out and across the room.
	7) Remove the striker and striker spring.
	8) Separate the striker and striker spring.
	9) Remove the bolt handle and spring follower.
	10) Separate the spring follower from the bolt handle (as shown in figure 10).
	11) Figure 11 shows the punch pointing out the firing pin. Note: I don't recommend attempting to remove the firing pin or the extractor. Both can easily be cleaned while still attached to the bolt.
	12) Figure 12 shows the punch pointing to the firing pin's retaining pin.
	13) Figure 13 shows the punch pointing out the extractor.
	14) Figure 11 shows the disassembled bolt.
*Reassembly Instructions*
	15) Install the spring follower in the bolt handle (as shown in figure 15).
	16) Place the bolt body in the vise with the flat part facing upwards. Insert the bolt handle into the bolt body.
	17) Make sure the spring follower is in the furthest most position (as shown in figure 17).
	18) Slide the striker spring onto the striker.
	19) Make sure you install the striker and striker spring with the flat piston shaped end inside the bolt.
	20) Figure 20 shows the properly installed striker and striker spring.
	21) Place the spring retainer on the striker with the small detent arm placed in the follower's channel .
	22) Figure 22 shows the punch pointing to the side of the spring retainer with the ridge/lug that fits into the channel/guide in the safety.
	23) Figure 23 shows the punch pointing to the safety's channel/guide that the spring retainer's ridge/lug fits into.
	24) After placing the spring retainer back into the rear of the bolt, the striker spring must be compressed and the spring retainer pushed inside the bolt to allow the safety to be attached.
	25) Figure 25 shows the two guides/keys that are on the safety. They must be lined up with the slots in the rear of the bolt assembly for the safety to be reinstalled.
	26) Make sure the safety lever is placed in the correct direction. With the bolt situated as shown in figure 26, the safety lever should point down. Align the safety's guides/keys in the slots in the rear of the bolt. While keeping the spring retainer and striker spring compressed, push in on the safety and turn to the right or left. Slowly release pressure on the striker spring, while still holding onto the safety to catch the striker spring and retainer if the safety is not secure. If you aligned the guides/keys correctly the bolt is assembled. If not, repeat steps 21 to 26.
	27) Figure 27 shows the reassembled bolt.