Hey there, thought I'd share something I found interesting. Since my ladyfriend cancelled our date tonight, I had some free time at home and while watching the Leafs beat the Bruins, I thought I'd clean some of my other guns, including my X95.
I wanted to pass something along for those with X95s from 2020 onward. It looks like the whole bolt assembly with piston and guide rod has had one modification. The guide rod is a LOT longer than what most Youtube videos describe. All the videos say to pull the rod out, and then the retaining pin can be pushed out in the bolt assembly, releasing the bolt, as well as the firing pin and spring.
What I found out is that this doesn't work on my X95 that I bought earlier this year. If you pull the rod to the end like the videos, the bolt retaining pin won't come out. What you find is that you can pull the rod even further, protruding out of the plastic end piece. None of this is in the videos. But even at that point, the retaining pin still won't budge.
It turns out that you need to pull that rod even further, with GREAT effort, so it protrudes about 1.5 inches beyond the plastic piece. I got mine to 1.3 inches and it wouldn't budge further. I even tried to use the extractor/claw part of a hammer to grab it and pull it out to no avail (I know, not a good idea).
What I ended up doing and I am not recommending anyone else do this necessarily - is to use a rubber mallet to gently tap the rod while I have the whole assembly upside down, pushed down like a plunger, exposing the other side of the rod...just some light love taps with the wooden mallet and the rod was able to protrude past approximately 1.5 inches. At that point I was able to push out that retaining pin and remove the bolt, firing pin and firing pin spring to clean it (ironically it was hardly dirty).
When I put everything back together, that rod wouldn't move, so I used the rubber mallet again, and tapped the rod a couple of times until it was able to move freely and then I pushed it back in place.
Why IWI made this change which makes it so very difficult to remove that bolt retaining pin, because of that longer guide rod (and why it won't easily slide to the point it has to in order to push the retaining pin) is beyond me. Apparently in reading about this afterwards, these new bolt assemblies with the longer rods were released on models 2020 and newer.
I wanted to pass something along for those with X95s from 2020 onward. It looks like the whole bolt assembly with piston and guide rod has had one modification. The guide rod is a LOT longer than what most Youtube videos describe. All the videos say to pull the rod out, and then the retaining pin can be pushed out in the bolt assembly, releasing the bolt, as well as the firing pin and spring.
What I found out is that this doesn't work on my X95 that I bought earlier this year. If you pull the rod to the end like the videos, the bolt retaining pin won't come out. What you find is that you can pull the rod even further, protruding out of the plastic end piece. None of this is in the videos. But even at that point, the retaining pin still won't budge.
It turns out that you need to pull that rod even further, with GREAT effort, so it protrudes about 1.5 inches beyond the plastic piece. I got mine to 1.3 inches and it wouldn't budge further. I even tried to use the extractor/claw part of a hammer to grab it and pull it out to no avail (I know, not a good idea).
What I ended up doing and I am not recommending anyone else do this necessarily - is to use a rubber mallet to gently tap the rod while I have the whole assembly upside down, pushed down like a plunger, exposing the other side of the rod...just some light love taps with the wooden mallet and the rod was able to protrude past approximately 1.5 inches. At that point I was able to push out that retaining pin and remove the bolt, firing pin and firing pin spring to clean it (ironically it was hardly dirty).
When I put everything back together, that rod wouldn't move, so I used the rubber mallet again, and tapped the rod a couple of times until it was able to move freely and then I pushed it back in place.
Why IWI made this change which makes it so very difficult to remove that bolt retaining pin, because of that longer guide rod (and why it won't easily slide to the point it has to in order to push the retaining pin) is beyond me. Apparently in reading about this afterwards, these new bolt assemblies with the longer rods were released on models 2020 and newer.
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