RPR "I'm Not Dead!" - Reassembly of the Ruger Precision Rifle Bolt 

Just spent an hr trying to fix mine, watched your video and put it back together in no time. Thank you sir.

Picked uo my RPR a few weeks ago and put in about 100 rounds and now trying to clean it and your vid helped me out. Thank you! 👊

I bought the tool to disassemble my Ruger American Bolt and upgrade the handle , but the tool slipped and the spring decocked. Thanks to your video I was able to put the bolt back together. 🤜🏼

Thanks for the clear close ups. My aluminum shroud failed an came apart inside buffer tube. Had hell of a time trying to install new shroud. Came up on your video and found it to be decompressed.

I like the way that Milsurp rifles are made so as no tools are needed to assemble or disassemble bolts and actions . Ruger should take notes on this .

Thanks for making this video. Very informative and in depth.

Awesome! Thanks for the tip. I too tried to change out my rifle bolt handle as well. Thank you. Using the block of wood really did help.

Thanks for not only explaining the how but the why of assembly! Two beers for you.

Excellent video Chap. Glad I still have my Ruger M77. No plastic required for disassembly/assembly!

Nice clear and concise video. Many thanks.

Thanks for the video!!

Same thing happened to me. Thanks for making this video! Extremely helpful.

Thanks for the update, Curtis. I knew you would fix it!

Well done!

Well explained.

Like I told you yesterday that RPR is one fine Rifle 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦠🦠🦠🦠 cool stuff had a good time talking to you The other night

The audible click that you hear at 8:51 appears to be the important thing. I believe that is the sound of the flange locating into the all-important machined slot on the face of the bolt arm. It's possible the reassemble the bolt without hearing that click and to believe that you have done it correctly, only for the bolt to dissemble itself in the rifle the next time you use it.

Outstanding and helpful video. Thank you

That bolt doesn't look nearly as horrific for field-stripping and assembly as some of the earlier bolt action designs. A bit tricky but IMO not as bad as trying to rotate the bolthead of a G3 back into place. But there has to be a way to both keep that bolt handle retained in the body and allow the cocking piece to be retained with a cartridge case.

helpful video for rpr owners

Great explanation! A question, when it came apart in the rifle was it difficult to remove the bolt from the rifle?

Thank you, Same thing happened to me 😃

Great video. Do we know where can we get a replacement bolt

your doing it wrong ,once you push the shroud in you have to turn it to your left or counter clockwise until it sit in the small groove that way the shroud can't come out because if you put the bolt in the way you have it at the end of the video the shroud will come out again

Thanks You saved my a$$!

Outstanding thank you Sir 😊:)

I just got my lapua magnum, and I had some styrafoam that somehow got in the bolt from packaging, I barely turned the bolt from the back it won’t come apart nor go back into the rifle, there’s not really any videos online for anything your the first, Please Help!

Longest video for a 30 seconds of need to know

Folks out there have personal preferences, however, I have had two experiences with Ruger that has turned me away from their products. I still like the Mk-2 target pistols.-Dave

Wish my Ruger American had the tool to compress the firing pin spring...

Man my brandnew rpr 300 wm has had the firing pin assembly slip off the bolt in my rifle and I cannot get it out..... how did you get it oit?

Try a strong pair of tweezers 1 prong on each side

Glad it worked out great plastic should never be in firearms that’s my thing especially a bolt. that’s good that the other part it’s in aluminum

Re tensioning that spring is a painnn i took out the tool accidentally while cleaning.. dont do that

What sized hole did you drill into the wooden block?

My bolt became de-cocked, so I used your method to re-cock it, but now I can’t get this bolt shroud back on. I can’t believe the engineers at Ruger made such a crappy system. I feel like I’ve wasted $1,300!!! Very frustrated!