Picture?

 

 

Not the shark fin on the right, but the thing protruding from the bottom. The rifle is folded and the pic is from the chamber, looking down the barrel.

 

Take a wooden dowel or even a toothbrush handle and push it down as you push the bolt forward. As you use the gun, it will get easier to push the bolt in. Just remember to not pull the trigger before you push the bolt in.

 

I got it! I took the advice of someone on this site and I tilted the gun downward and let the bolt assembly "go" and between gravity and momentum, it pushed whatever that was down and seated itself properly.

 

But thanks for offering help!!

 

That is the hammer protruding slightly up into the bolt tube and is normal. It will get easier to reassemble as the weapon breaks in.

 

No. Actually, it's not the hammer. I actually activated the hammer intentionally to see if that's what it was because it doesn't look like a hammer. The hammer issue was easy to resolve with a long flathead screwdriver (I didn't have a wooden dowel handy.) I'm still not sure what it was, but I took someone's advice an tilted the gun down and let the bolt assembly "fall" into the barrel, and the weight/momentum of it "overcame" the protruding piece. All is well now!
But thanks for offering help.

 

That is the hammer protruding slightly up into the bolt tube and is normal. It will get easier to reassemble as the weapon breaks in.

Oooops. Sorry to have argued with you. Apparently you were correct.

 

That post sticking up from the trigger side looking into the folded SUB-2000 IS the hammer. It moves along an arc and it's approximately the same height in the cocked and forward position.

When gouging around in there with a hardened steel screw driver on the hard steel hammer, be careful not to have the screwdriver slide off the hammer and break off the thin fin shown to the right in your image. That's the ejector. In the SUB-2000, it's molded into the receiver.

Chad from Kel-Tec made a YouTube video showing how to reset the hammer if you pull the trigger while the SUB-2000 is disassembled.

 

Hmmmm. Sorry it took so long to get back to you. Yeah. I can see what you mean now. Thanks also for the advice about fooling around in there with a screwdriver.

 

Yes, just stick a wooden dowel in the chamber and press the hammer back while pushing the bolt forward

 

Thanks for the advice, but I got it.

 

Ok

 

I know this is 5 years after but is this a common problem with the sub2000? I've had mine about a year and thrown about 1500 rounds down it. Always field strip and clean when done. Always fired and cycled correctly. Field stripped after a Sunday at the range and the bolt wouldn't go down. Looked down the tube and saw the hammer sticking up just like the picture provided, just enough to not allow the bolt to easily slide down. With a flathead screwdriver and the bolt in, pushed it down a little and it slid right in. Just wondering why it's doing this now after multiple flawless field strips.

 

You have to have the hammer uncocked for it to go in smoothly. Apparently this was the first time you stripped with the hammer cocked. It isn't much of a problem and all us sub2k owners have done it at least once.

 

You have to have the hammer uncocked for it to go in smoothly...

FWIW (& any new owners reading this thread) the KT Sub2K owners manual says the opposite: "Make sure the bolt assembly is in the forward (closed) position, hammer is cocked and push-bolt safety is engaged... Do not release the hammer with the bolt assembly removed. This will make the SUB2000 rifle inoperable."

 

Cock before field stripping. Put safety on to prevent inadvertantly releasing it before reassembly. How did I learn this? Same way I seem to learn everything.

 

Figured I'll borrow this thread for a sec.

So, couldn't help myself. Had to get the replacement bits installed. It's going POORLY.

The CQB had 4 crossthreaded screws. By the time I had the halves seperated, The guts were a jumbled pile of parts. I had a couple hours so went about the project of making it back into a shooter.



A couple hours was not enough time to sort the mess. And I figured the hammer was in backwards just in time to collect parts and scrub evidence of living room gunsmithing before picking up my wife from the airport.

Wish me luck. Going back in this afternoon. I'm going to start with the hammer & sear config. Getting the hammer oriented so the sear will operate should fix me up. But, gonna be extra sad if I have to bag it up for a pro to get my mess solved.

 

The sweet smell of vindication. I wasn't feeling it yesterday, so I didn't touch it.

Now I will admit that I was attempting to install feed ramp, trigger, trigger bar, hammer spring, hammer pin, carbon steel pins and screws and sear spring sitting in my easy chair. Turns out, success came easily when I set up a proper work space on my wife's kitchen island with plenty of light.

Near time to go shoot this rifle.

 

For anyone who finds this thread while searching for help to reassemble their Sub2k, about the best resource out there is this video from MCARBO:
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