How to remove the Magazine Cut-Off

[JGaynor]

Not sure this is going to help, but how about trying this to see if the shaft is seized in the bolt rail.
1) Put the screw back into the cut-off and tighten it a much as you can so it grabs the shaft.
Move the cut-off up and down.
2)Does the shaft rotate?
3)If you get the shaft to rotate then the application of penetrating oil and pushing thru the hole might just do the trick.

Good luck.

D.

Georg,
Careful. Cranking down the ejector stop screw on the ejector stop spindle may just burr the shaft and make matters worse. (M2's don't have magazine cutoffs they have ejector stop assembly's )

I think the basic idea has merit but i would just tighten the screw lightly. Flood the assembly with penetrant through the stop screw hole and then see if it can be loosened up.

The annular groove on the spindle is not on center so if the spindle has been swapped end for end the groove won't be under the stop screw hole it will most likely be out of reach.

One possibility, which i guess would be the last resort, would be to remove the action from the stock and bore a small diamter hole through the bottom of the receiver into the tunnel for the spindle. This may give you a purchase on the end of the shaft and allow it to be levered out. the hole would be invisible once the rifle is reassembled. If all else fails let me know. I will take my m2 apart and give you dimensions for where the hole should go. Aagina i wouldn't try this unless all else fails.

Regards,
Jim

[Promo]

BAR, wie can send her to the Alps while we work on the rifle . And yes, the spindle rotates when moving the ejector stop assembly .

Chuck, I have someone in the US who would to the exporting for me, I just wanted to know if you'd be able to make a cool display rifle showing how the M1903 works. Let the rest be my problem.

JGaynor, I will have the gunsmith fixing it (as soon as he returns from his skiing trip ). The last solution would be to drill a hole into the spindle and simply replace it (rather than drilling the receiver).

[Chuckindenver]

i could set you up with a complete drill rifle 1903 or A3..i just dont have good enough tools to make a good cut away of the 1903. neet idea though.
to cut through the wood and the heat treated steel at the same time would be tough..
i know of some complete drill rifles available right now for less then 200.00 US,.
let me know if i can help you get one..i might order a couple next week, need to call and talk to them make sure they havent cut the botton of the receiver out to make the ATF happy.

[Promo]

Extreme example for a cutaway, but see what OEWG themselves did with the M1888 back then. The butt of the stock broke away as is the bolt missing, but just to show how much effort they spent on cutaways.

[Chuckindenver]

i think its pretty awesome, have seen some training cut aways in the past, great idea, i think its a little stretch of my abbilities...