Agree. Suggest you get a flat bladed screw driver and press the ring down with the flat of the blade with one hand at the same time as extracting the bolt. Once the bolt is removed, as Bob says the ring can be inspected and put back in its correct place. That's hoping the ring isn't broken. If you remove the ring completely you may be able to nip it with pliers and get it back into its true shape?It looks like the ring has moved out of its small recess so it's sitting proud and catching the front edge of the rear port section of the action,
Not had a cz527 in my hands for some years and at a lose as to suggest you do to sort this,
Bob,
no no no.
phenomenal this has happened in the first place, even lingering on unbelievable!
pull the bolt out as far as possible, hold it steady, put a thin screwdriver in between the claw and the part that slots into the recess in the front of the bolt and lift it out so it can slip out of the recess from the bolt body, then knock the exctractor claw forwards with 'something' until it pops off, turn the extractor collar to face 12 o'clock and pull the extractor claw out backwards, then reposition the collar to 3 o'clock and pull out with the bolt. then re-fit.
you will never get the extractor collar back into place as is, no chance. only other option is to cut the extractor collar that's slipped out and replace it. I have a replacement extractor collar, so if you need to go that far, fret no brother.
simples.
Hi Guys, Thanks for the advice, VERY much appreciated...I'm literally just in from work, so missed most of your comments. I took the gun into Bushwear this morning ( working in Stirling anyway) and left it with them, Steve is going to look at it over the weekend, he thinks I broke the other end of the clip for it to be sitting where it is...I'll let you know how it goes... Thank god i've still got the 243...
There are some proper gents on this forum, and ALL who posted advice for me can be included in that...
Have another look at the photograph Sinistral. While the extractor appears to be in the correct position somehow one of the legs of the horseshoe clip has slipped outside its normal retained position and is preventing the bolt from being withdrawn.
end of the clip has broken/bent and that's stopping the bolt coming out..