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Thanks for the links Ron! Excellent description of the problem & solution!rondog wrote:Ah jeeze, watch my videos, willya?
Rondog's videos capture what mine started doing, the stop allowing a second cartridge into the receiver right after the 1st when the lever is at bottom of travel. My rifle is at the farm & when I'm back out there this weekend I'll see if the cause is the spring or something else limiting the stop travel.Nashville Stage wrote:Could you clarify where the double feeding is happening? Do you mean that more than one cartridge is dispensing on to cartridge lifter?
There are also these videos from this quoted thread. Off topic, what is the difference between youtu.be and youtube.com? (other than the youtube.com links I had quoted are now broken)rondog wrote:Ah jeeze, watch my videos, willya?
Conformist wrote:Well, after searching and cleaning every bit of the rifle I could get to, it continued to jam on 38 SPL. I ended up finding these tear-down and reassembly videos on YouTube. I bought a 1/16" punch but I had to grind down the diameter just a little so it would not get stuck in the cartridge guide pin hole.
If you want some tips on disassembling the rifle I found these 3 other YouTube videos to be useful.
reassembly video
The cartridge guide had to be filed just like rondog did with his. Now it cycles 38 and 357 with ease. Along the way I did find some debris behind the cartridge guide. Here is a photo of three metal shavings I removed from behind the left cartridge guide area. That is a 1/4" screwdriver and a 1/8" punch in the photo with the 3 scraps I removed with a cotton swab.
While there are spring kits and such available to buy, I wish all the other parts were available for these rifles... things like the cartridge guide and other parts associated with it. I'm not real enamored with making modifications to make it functional, when the parts cannot be replaced. One lost pin or any other oops, and I have a fireplace ornament instead of a working rifle. Thanks to everyone here for helping me out of a "jam".