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Okie44
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Re: My Start
You've got her looking pretty good!
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GasGuzzler
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Re: My Start
As long as it works like I want, I'm done.
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mr surveyor
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That looks just about perfect to me. The only thing I see wrong with it is that it is not in my collection
Oh, nice balancing act too.
jd
Oh, nice balancing act too.
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Okie44
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Re: My Start
mr surveyor wrote:That looks just about perfect to me. The only thing I see wrong with it is that it is not in my collection
I agree with that statement!
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NavyDoc76-80
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Re: My Start
I ditto thatOkie44 wrote:mr surveyor wrote:That looks just about perfect to me. The only thing I see wrong with it is that it is not in my collection
I agree with that statement!
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Re: My Start
Nice, Just in time to harvest a bird
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Re: My Start
Emu? Don't think I can get a tag for that. I have better options for turkey.
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Re: My Start
NOT GOOD!
FTF every 5th round or so. Re-cock the hammer manually and always goes off the second time. Reasonably accurate. HAD AN ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE with my wife nearby. Fortunately I was following safe handling and it was pointed away from her, myself, my truck....upward at a 50-60 degree angle. I had the butt braced on my right hip, levered a round in, and when I closed the lever it expelled a round.
I did not modify the trigger and I did not remove the firing pin from the bolt.
My theory is the firing pin is sticking inside the bolt but since I didn't take it apart, I'm not yet sure what biases the firing pin towards the rear until struck by the hammer.
Does the ejector spring have anything to do with it?
VERY SCARY!
It got worse when I encountered a squid in the M88 that farted a bullet into the start of rifling where it stopped. Got it out with a 3/8" bolt wrapped in plastic shopping bag and a hammer.
Out comes the bolt again.....
FTF every 5th round or so. Re-cock the hammer manually and always goes off the second time. Reasonably accurate. HAD AN ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE with my wife nearby. Fortunately I was following safe handling and it was pointed away from her, myself, my truck....upward at a 50-60 degree angle. I had the butt braced on my right hip, levered a round in, and when I closed the lever it expelled a round.
I did not modify the trigger and I did not remove the firing pin from the bolt.
My theory is the firing pin is sticking inside the bolt but since I didn't take it apart, I'm not yet sure what biases the firing pin towards the rear until struck by the hammer.
Does the ejector spring have anything to do with it?
VERY SCARY!
It got worse when I encountered a squid in the M88 that farted a bullet into the start of rifling where it stopped. Got it out with a 3/8" bolt wrapped in plastic shopping bag and a hammer.
Out comes the bolt again.....
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Re: My Start
sure sounds like firing pin issue to me. At the least (best case) some old crud in the firing pin tunnel that brake cleaner could flush out .... moderate issue might be a burr that could be removed .... worst case, possibly damaged or out of spec firing pin .... unbearable case, out of spec bolt.
Either way, I betting firing pin issue ... especially considering the mention of second strike (and certainly symptom of slam fire.
But, I'm just a dirt surveyor making wild guesses
jd
Either way, I betting firing pin issue ... especially considering the mention of second strike (and certainly symptom of slam fire.
But, I'm just a dirt surveyor making wild guesses
jd
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With the hammer cocked and bolt locked forward the firing pin jiggles back and forth when you nose the rifle up and down. That can't be right. What is supposed to bias the firing pin rearward? I don't see a spring in the bolt schematic other than the ejector. Probably a newbie question but I'm a little rattled by this type of failure.
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