kBob
Member
So a friend emailed me this AM about a classic M39 he has been trying to get reliable. His issue is that a cases with some brands of ammo are not being fully extracted and ejected.
I went to Gun parts Corp site to look at parts availability when I noticed that it appeared on photo showed a case with no noticeable extractor marks on it still far enough in the chamber that the gun failed to feed the following round and so was locked open. there were two other pictures of that same sort of stoppage though one cartridge rim did appear to have been gnawed on and the third maybe a very little.
Interestingly I noticed in the Gun Corp picture that the extractor claw on the part they showed was very rounded on the face towards the breech face. I have to wonder how much of the reliability issues with the older M39s not liking a variety of ammo may have something to do with a poorly designed extractor.
I suggested he buy a replacement fro his original and do the sort of reshaping many .22RF shooters end up doing on various extractors to make it at least flat if not give it a little bite.
Is this something any of you have tried?
Any suggestions on making the M39 more reliable other than the "get a real gun" variety? Ideas that have worked for you?
-kBob
I went to Gun parts Corp site to look at parts availability when I noticed that it appeared on photo showed a case with no noticeable extractor marks on it still far enough in the chamber that the gun failed to feed the following round and so was locked open. there were two other pictures of that same sort of stoppage though one cartridge rim did appear to have been gnawed on and the third maybe a very little.
Interestingly I noticed in the Gun Corp picture that the extractor claw on the part they showed was very rounded on the face towards the breech face. I have to wonder how much of the reliability issues with the older M39s not liking a variety of ammo may have something to do with a poorly designed extractor.
I suggested he buy a replacement fro his original and do the sort of reshaping many .22RF shooters end up doing on various extractors to make it at least flat if not give it a little bite.
Is this something any of you have tried?
Any suggestions on making the M39 more reliable other than the "get a real gun" variety? Ideas that have worked for you?
-kBob