Yugo Mauser Bolt Problem

[doughboy334]

Ok, did something pretty stupid. I just bought a cosmoline soaked Big 5 Yugo, disassembled the bolt, and was cleaning it when i decided to put it back together. The extractor was a pain to put back in so I decided to skip that step and put the bolt in the rifle. Now the bolt won't come out, even with the bolt switch on the rear left pulled back. Any hits lol? I googled this problem, some gun forum in Pennsylvania dated two years recommended compressing the bolt head together to remove the bolt? What say you Calguns?

[Spiggy]

IIRC, another member got himself stuck in this bind as well

run a search, I'm sure someone came up with an answer

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

Can you even rotate the bolt? This has got to be a simple fix. I don't see how you cannot remove the bolt when it has become smaller without the extractor.

[TRAP55]

You removed the extractor, but not the extractor ring. It's stuck in the rear safety lug recess.
Straighten out a paper clip to fish it around so the ring lugs slide up into the extractor race on the right side of the rear receiver bridge. It'll come out, some cussing is required.

[amurphy]

You removed the extractor, but not the extractor ring. It's stuck in the rear safety lug recess.
Straighten out a paper clip to fish it around so the ring lugs slide up into the extractor race on the right side of the rear receiver bridge. It'll come out, some cussing is required.