Yugo M48 safety issues

A problem with the safety in that once put on fire, it cannot go back to neutral or full safety.
The cocking lug needs to be manually pushed to release the safety, once back to neutral, the safety can move freely from neutral to full safety, back and forth, but if put into fire, the safety lug cannot move back to neutral or full safety.

[@ggibson511960]

So what is wrong? M48 safeties are stiff and heavy to operate. Can you rotate it to the vertical position? It's a weapon of war, not an elegant sporter. Push hard.

[@noujaixiong6585]

This is the comment. I quit being a lil bitch and rotated the safety hard as i could and now the safety functions with no issues. Thanks :D

[@taemagniji]

exactly treat her like a hoe not a princess

[@notyou6950]

Flip it to fire position and leave it alone.

[@teddybuff3186]

I think gun safeties aren't that big of a deal just be the safety, make sure its unloaded and just be careful with it.

[@danielhixson3717]

Break the bolt all the way down, clean and lubricate, reassemble.

[@tomm7096]

Not difficult to fix. Disassemble the bolt, remove the safety lever and file a small amount off the safety lever cam where it fits into the striker cylinder. Not a difficult project. It will then operate smoothly.

[@wadeproctor1214]

Never had that happen to mine try closing bolt on a empty rifle with trigger depressed to reset bolt to uncocked position try setting safety if that don't work take to gunsmith

[@SAArch82]

Did you ever figure out how to fix it?

[@chuckhomestead185]

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