ANY Help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED..
Since I don't know if posting a "LINK" to another forum is acceptable I will do my Best to recount a 3 YEAR Ongoing Issue/STRUGGLE I have been trying to figure out with a MOD-44 I bought (3 Years ago)....
I have requested assistance from memebrs of another Board (The FAL Files) and have received some Good Ideas, and attempts to help, BUT to date sadly NOTHING has resolved the issue....
What I have is a MOD-44 That SIMPLY Refuses to allow the BOLT to Close on a LOADED round when fed from the Magazine??
When the BOLT is REMOVED from the gun and a ROUND Snapped UNDER The extractor and Re-Inserted into the receiver from the rear Function is PERFECT. The Round Chambers, Fires, Extracts W/OUT a Hitch... NO Sticky Extraction, NO bent Rims. Nothing out of the ordinary.. Even accuracy is quite Good...
Some may question the effort put forth for an $80.00 rifle (I have as well) but I just hate to get my ARSE Kicked by something that shouldn't be that hard to figure out? PLUS I like the Gun it is a Pretty Nice example of a 44 and I sure would like for it to work...
AND I hat giving up, although I have been THIS CLOSE to TORCHING the Damn thing and using it for PARTS..
So Far I have Cleaned the Gun (Numerous Times) Checked and Scrubbed the Chamber as well (Even polished it) to no avail...
Bolts have been Swapped, Bolt Heads have been Swapped, Extractor has been Replaced, I even at ONE time thought FOR SURE I figured it out and removed a BURR in the Extractor Groove.. NUTHIN, but MORE of the same.. I have even swapped COMPLETE Magazine assemblies..
"SOMETHING" Seems to INTERFERE with the EXTRACTOR SNAPPING oved the rim the First THIRD of the way or so of the Bolt Cammng down and locking upinto battery....
This is a Portion of the info I posted on my other Thread..
"HOWEVER I did make an Observation/Discovery related to the Case Rims.
I was well aware of the COMBLOCK ammo having varying rim "THICKNESS" but I did NOT know how much the Rim "DIAMETER Varied?
I measured a Mess of rounds with my Calipers and found Diameters as Large as .068", and as Small as .060". Now 8 Thou "SHOULD" not matter in a Millitary action (I would think?) but I discovered this...
"IF" the RIM diameter is .0625" or LESS the Gun "WILL FUNCTION" Properly.
I redued the diameter of several case rims, and Culled a Couple more @ .062".
Loaded these rounds (5 in all) and proceded to Load and Extract all 5 W/Out issue? (I did this "OUTSIDE" in the Back, Muzzle pointed in the Dirt :wink
It DEFINITELY seems as though "SOMETHING" is NOT allowing the EXTRACTOR to snap around the Case rim? I am now Farley Confident that it is not Magazine related. The Cutoff and Mag follower seems to be working correctly.
Tonight I took the 91/30 and Watched "VERY" closely the Loading process.
Beginning with rounds "BELOW" the cutoff I manipulated the Bolt. A round came up into the Loading position and was then Pushed forward by the BOLT.
An "AUDIBLE SNAP" was present when I began to close the Bolt as the EXTRACTOR Snapped around the Rim.
THIS is where I beleive the Problem lies with the MOD-44? As this final Motion of the Extractor going Over the Rim (for whatever reason) is NOT happeneing with the Piece in question?
The ONLY thing I can see different from the 91/30 is the Extractor cut in the Mod-44. Although as large (top to bottom) the 44 "SEEMS" to have "SLIGHTLY" more Metal (thicker) from the Edge of the Chamber to the Base of the Cut-out."
I have MORE info I can post up but this is ALREADY a LONG post so I will START with what I have..
TIA....
Since I don't know if posting a "LINK" to another forum is acceptable I will do my Best to recount a 3 YEAR Ongoing Issue/STRUGGLE I have been trying to figure out with a MOD-44 I bought (3 Years ago)....
I have requested assistance from memebrs of another Board (The FAL Files) and have received some Good Ideas, and attempts to help, BUT to date sadly NOTHING has resolved the issue....
What I have is a MOD-44 That SIMPLY Refuses to allow the BOLT to Close on a LOADED round when fed from the Magazine??
When the BOLT is REMOVED from the gun and a ROUND Snapped UNDER The extractor and Re-Inserted into the receiver from the rear Function is PERFECT. The Round Chambers, Fires, Extracts W/OUT a Hitch... NO Sticky Extraction, NO bent Rims. Nothing out of the ordinary.. Even accuracy is quite Good...
Some may question the effort put forth for an $80.00 rifle (I have as well) but I just hate to get my ARSE Kicked by something that shouldn't be that hard to figure out? PLUS I like the Gun it is a Pretty Nice example of a 44 and I sure would like for it to work...
AND I hat giving up, although I have been THIS CLOSE to TORCHING the Damn thing and using it for PARTS..
So Far I have Cleaned the Gun (Numerous Times) Checked and Scrubbed the Chamber as well (Even polished it) to no avail...
Bolts have been Swapped, Bolt Heads have been Swapped, Extractor has been Replaced, I even at ONE time thought FOR SURE I figured it out and removed a BURR in the Extractor Groove.. NUTHIN, but MORE of the same.. I have even swapped COMPLETE Magazine assemblies..
"SOMETHING" Seems to INTERFERE with the EXTRACTOR SNAPPING oved the rim the First THIRD of the way or so of the Bolt Cammng down and locking upinto battery....
This is a Portion of the info I posted on my other Thread..
"HOWEVER I did make an Observation/Discovery related to the Case Rims.
I was well aware of the COMBLOCK ammo having varying rim "THICKNESS" but I did NOT know how much the Rim "DIAMETER Varied?
I measured a Mess of rounds with my Calipers and found Diameters as Large as .068", and as Small as .060". Now 8 Thou "SHOULD" not matter in a Millitary action (I would think?) but I discovered this...
"IF" the RIM diameter is .0625" or LESS the Gun "WILL FUNCTION" Properly.
I redued the diameter of several case rims, and Culled a Couple more @ .062".
Loaded these rounds (5 in all) and proceded to Load and Extract all 5 W/Out issue? (I did this "OUTSIDE" in the Back, Muzzle pointed in the Dirt :wink
It DEFINITELY seems as though "SOMETHING" is NOT allowing the EXTRACTOR to snap around the Case rim? I am now Farley Confident that it is not Magazine related. The Cutoff and Mag follower seems to be working correctly.
Tonight I took the 91/30 and Watched "VERY" closely the Loading process.
Beginning with rounds "BELOW" the cutoff I manipulated the Bolt. A round came up into the Loading position and was then Pushed forward by the BOLT.
An "AUDIBLE SNAP" was present when I began to close the Bolt as the EXTRACTOR Snapped around the Rim.
THIS is where I beleive the Problem lies with the MOD-44? As this final Motion of the Extractor going Over the Rim (for whatever reason) is NOT happeneing with the Piece in question?
The ONLY thing I can see different from the 91/30 is the Extractor cut in the Mod-44. Although as large (top to bottom) the 44 "SEEMS" to have "SLIGHTLY" more Metal (thicker) from the Edge of the Chamber to the Base of the Cut-out."
I have MORE info I can post up but this is ALREADY a LONG post so I will START with what I have..
TIA....