A friend of mine came by this afternoon with a SMLE, he was having trouble getting the bolt out. I'm not real familiar with the Enfields, but thought I knew how to get a bolt out, but it wouldn't come out. I opened up one of my firearms disassembly books to double check, yep, pull the bolt to the rear and rotate the bolt head up and remove the bolt from the receiver, however, the bolt head will not rotate up. The action closes just as easy as can be and the bolt head rotates just fine then, it just won't rotate when you try to remove the bolt.

Obviously I'm not doing something, not holding my mouth right, or something. Anyone ever experience this problem? Any hints and/or tips on how to rotate the bolt head?

Thanks much for any help and/or advice!!!