How to strip Parker-Hale 1200 bolt
This is a late response, but I just joined the group. Here's how to strip the Parker-Hale 1200 bolt for cleaning. These instructions are for P-H rifles based on the Mauser 98 (Santa Barbara) actions and where the safety catch is not mounted on the bolt, but on the trigger.
1. Verify that the rifle is unloaded.
2. Fit the bolt to the rifle, and close the action. This cocks the bolt.
3. Look sideways at rear of the bolt, underneath, at the cocking piece. You will see a small transverse hole.
4. Insert a small allen key or strong pin in the hole. A paper clip isn't strong enough.
5. Remove the bolt from the rifle. The pin holds the bolt in the cocked position.
6. The bolt latch is a small plunger on the side of the bolt shroud. Press it in, and unscrew the bolt shroud.
7. Remove the bolt shroud from the bolt body, and the captive firing pin will come out with it.
This is as far as you need to go for basic drying, cleaning and lubrication. If the assembly is filthy, you need to disassemble it further.
1. Find a piece of scrap wood, ideally with a 1/4" hole in it, into which you insert the firing pin up to the flange. Failing that, just press the tip of the firing pin into the wood. Don't use your wife's mahogany dinner table as the firing pin leaves a deep hole.
2. With the firing pin assembly upright, grasp the bolt shroud with your right hand, and press firmly down to compress the firing pin spring. It takes some considerable effort and has to compress the firing pin spring by perhaps an inch.
3. The top of the firing pin has three lateral locking lugs. These engage on the inside of the cocking piece. Once the shroud has been pushed down far enough, you will be able to rotate the cocking piece through 90 degrees and disengage the locking lugs. Keep tight hold of the shroud, and lift the cocking piece clear and place to one side. (Sidenote: one one of my P-Hs, the cocking piece rotates easily in either direction; the other P-H is a tight fit and the cocking piece rotates only in one direction and then only grudgingly.)
4. Carefully release the shroud and place to one side. You can now remove the uncompressed firing pin spring and proceed to clean everything.
Reassembly is the reverse.