Someone came to my rescue, in case anyone here does the same thing, here's how you fix it:
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If you left the extractor off, but left the extractor collar on, the extractor collar on is probably caught in the safety lug groove. It happens to me all the time. Just take a small thin screw driver, nail, or something similar(I use something similar to a dental pick with an angle end) and reach in between the right side of the bolt and the inner raceway. There are two extensions(lack of a better word, I can't think of a proper term right now) that hold the extractor on the collar. Put the point of your tool under the bottom one and push it up. If you put it above the top one and push it down, that will rotate the collar so that those two projecitons are now down into the safety lug groove. Pushing up will compress the extractor collar. You can now either push the bolt forward, or pull it out. Since you have decocked the firing pin, you should pull it out so you can recock it.
You will have to use something to pull the firing pin back and then lock it into position with the safety.
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Took about 10 seconds to pull the bolt out, and less than two minutes to put the extractor on, recock the firing spring, and put things back to normal. Live and learn I guess. Thank God for the internet!
