Anschutz 1700 Instruction Manual

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Bolt
The ANSCH†TZ bolt
The ANSCH†TZ bolt is designed to be ex-
tra  strong and reliable and is manufactured
to the closest tolerances. Bolt and cam are
lapped to assure very smooth operation. It
has a double locking device. When the
wing safety is in the down position both the
firing pin and the bolt handle are locked.
When it is in the horizontal position the rifle
may be fired and/or the bolt handle raised
to operate the bolt. Due to a short firing pin
travel and a low-weight firing pin the lock...

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Caution:
¥For rifles in cal. .222 Rem. depress the
catch at the base of the bolt handle as
shown.
¥Hold bolt with safety up and remove
safety with signal pin and spring as
shown.¥Now remove the firing pin assembly. ¥Next remove sleeve 

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¥Replace the sleeve and make sure that
the slot in the sleeve lines up with the firing
pin lug. ¥Replace the firing pin assembly and make
sure that the lug lines up with the longer
slot in the bolt body and the bottom of
the recess at the bolt handle as shown.
¥Replace bolt handle as shown. ¥Then remove the bolt handle assembly.
To re-assemble the bolt
Follow the disassembly procedure in
reverse order as follows. 

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¥Replace the safety with the signal pin and
spring and make sure that the safety wing
lines up with the firing pin lug and that the
signal pin is properly seated.
¥Turn the bolt handle counter-clockwise
and the wing safety clockwise as fas as
they will go. The bolt is now assembled
and cocked.¥With the bolt handle slightly above hori-
zontal replace the bolt in the receiver and
close the bolt.
¥The bolt is now cocked and in firing
position. To unclock the bolt lift the bolt
handle as high as it will...

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Two and single stage triggers
1. Trigger weight
Adjust the trigger weight with set screw
No. 2:
¥if you turn it to the right (clockwise):
trigger weight is increased (+)
¥if you turn it to the left (counter-clockwise):
trigger weight is decreased (-)
Trigger weight and first stage weight
depend on each other with regard to the
mechanic mechanism. If one of them ischanged there will always be a corres-
ponding change of the other as well.
2. Sear engagement
The sear engagement is the distance bet-
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mately 1/8 turn each).
¥Repeat this process until you do not feel
the second stage anymore. Then turn
1/4 turn back to the right. Thus the
optimum sear engagement is adjusted.
The sear engagement is too short:
There is no second stage. The trigger
releases un-defined without second stage.
¥Turn set screw No. 1 clockwise  for at least
1/4 turn after cocking. Then release the
trigger and check if there is a second
stage. If not, repeat this procedure until
you feel a second stage.
¥As soon as you feel a...

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the trigger immediately. Never walk about
with the trigger cocked.  Before you load
the rifle check that the trigger really does
operate properly.
You should be able to fire a round in these
following three ways:
¥Pull the front trigger until the rifle fires.
¥Push the rear trigger forwards towards the
muzzle until the rifle fires.
¥Normal way as described before under
the description of the operation of the
double set trigger.
Unclocking the double-set trigger when
the rifle is loaded:
Extreme care...

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you with your index finger to the stop and
hold it there until you have slowly released
the rear trigger and it has returned to its
normal position.
¥Afterwards slowly release the front trigger
in the same manner.
Note:
In both cases the bolt remains cocked. The
trigger can be cocked again if desired.
Attention:
Exercise the greatest care when performing
the foregoing actions. Practise several times
with an unloaded rifle until you have
thoroughly mastered the procedure and
always ensure that the...

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the highest position (turn it by 180° and fix
it then). To do this you need a 2 mm hex
key and perhaps tweezers.
¥if you turn it to the left (counter-clockwise):
You release the screw
¥if you turn it to the right (clockwise):
You tighten the screw
Attention:
Please ensure the trigger cam is positioned
correctly. Be very careful tightening the
small cam screw as it is easily broken!
Please check the sear engagement accor-
ding to paragraph No. 3 when you have
finished this process. It might have to be...

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Adjustment of an optimum sear engagement:
Make sure your rifle is not loaded. Cock
your rifle and release the trigger. Check if
the trigger releases as desired.
The sear engagement is too long:
There is a small distance between the
second stage and the release of the trigger.
¥Turn set screw No. 5 clockwise after
cocking and releasing (approximately
1/8 turn each).
¥Repeat this process until you do not feel
the second stage anymore. Then turn
1/5 turn back to the left (counterclock-
wise). Thus the...