How do I know if my 'new' K-31 needs cleaning?

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Still haven't shot my mail-order K-31 yet. Action is smooth, barrel is shiny, no grease evident on the exterior. Some crud on the bolt face, though. Do I need to tear the whole thing down, or just give the bolt face a polish?
 
It's not a hard rifle to tear down to basic components.........
Personally, I wouldn't shoot any new to me rifle without full tear down and inspection.
 
Youre gonna have to learn how to pull it apart some time. It is sound practice to strip and reassemble a gun before you fire it. Doesn't it just make sense to get an idea of how it works before you shoot it? I hate to sound corny, but it might save your life/eyes/limbs/investment...
 
Will do. BTW I dry-fired it a few times with the bolt out of battery as I was surprised it could be done. Can that damage the mechanism or is it only dangerous with a live round?
 
Safety feature

The firing pin will not hit the primer on a K31 if bolt is not fully close.
The bolt will close further when you pull the trigger on it's out of battery bolt. Then either close it properly or re-#### it and try again.

Action should always be cylced firmly in both directions.
 
Okay, well I disassembled the bolt and put it back together. First time too! Which made me wonder, is it possible to reassemble it incorrectly? Maybe I'm crazy, but I remember reading about the Ross Rifle. I function tested it and it cocked, locked, and dry fired correctly, so is that all the indication I need or are there other function tests?
 
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Okay, well I disassembled the bolt and put it back together. First time too! Which made me wonder, is it possible to reassemble it incorrectly? Maybe I'm crazy, but I remember reading about the Ross Rifle. I function tested it and it cocked, locked, and dry fired correctly, so is that all the indication I need or are there other function tests?
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That about it. It will not stay together if improperly assembled.
 
diopter said:
That about it. It will not stay together if improperly assembled.
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That was one of my fears of this rifle. I was thinking of getting one, but the Ross rifle issues kept me from doing this. It sounds like they got the bolt stupid-proofed for these.
P&S, prepare for an e-mail!!

(E) :cool:
 
Okay, I'm ready to take it to the range. The only thing that's holding me back is headspacing. I asked P&S if it needed to be headspaced when I bought it and he said "It's always a good idea to get it headspaced." But I don't have time to take it to the gunsmith if I'm going shooting on Sunday. (This is even assuming that the gunsmith knows how to headspace a K-31) Is it necessary to do a headspace check? The parts are all-matching and internals are very shiny.
 
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Okay, I'm ready to take it to the range. The only thing that's holding me back is headspacing. I asked P&S if it needed to be headspaced when I bought it and he said "It's always a good idea to get it headspaced." But I don't have time to take it to the gunsmith if I'm going shooting on Sunday. (This is even assuming that the gunsmith knows how to headspace a K-31) Is it necessary to do a headspace check? The parts are all-matching and internals are very shiny.
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Short answer, No.
1) They were checked on a regular basis when they were in service.
2) They were all assembled and fitted at one place from major parts made in hous,e and smaller parts that were sub-contracted.

Only be worried if it has been "improved" by some "bubba" or if barrel has been changed or re-chambered.

We very frequently shoot K31s with mismatched bolts just because we brought the wrong box of bolts to the range. We have some replacement, un-serialed bolt sleeves that just "dropped in".

It is a non issue
 
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