Hello all,

First off let me say ow much I have enjoyed poking around the site off and on for a few years.  (Thanks Madsenshooter)

I have a problem that I'm sure has been encountered before, but I am unable to find anything by search.

I bought my sporter from an out of state friend a few months ago.  At the time I didn't have time to really play with it, it went in the case, drove home after the visit, and in the safe it went.

Pulled it out today to start prepping for reloading and encountered problems raising the bolt handle.  Flipped the safety all the way to the right  then back to the left and no go, as if the safety was in the right hand locked position.

Eventually I put a bit more pressure trying to raise the bolt and ended up with the safety pooped out in my hand.  Hmmmmm,,,,.

Took the bolt apart and reinserted the safety.  Upon trying to reassemble the bolt the bolt handle would not rotate  the bolt to finish assembly.

Long story short, after futzing with it for a bit it became clear the the safety appears to incorrect as the half moon shaft of the safety is incorrectly timed to allow the bolt handle to rotate the bolt with the safety in the "Off" position.

To rotate the half moon shaft of the safety to allow the bolt handle to rotate, the safety must be set halfway between the "Off" position and "Up" (cocker locked) at approximately a 45* angle.

To open the rifle the safety is put in the "Off" position, the cocking piece is pulled, the safety is rotated 45*, and then you can lift the bolt handle.  To fire, close the bolt, rotate the safety down to the left to "Off", and then you may pull the trigger.

As I say, it appears to be an incorrect safety due to the timing of the position of the cutout on the shaft.

Anyone have a clue?  (I think I may have time to take a couple pics tomorrow afternoon)

Rich