Recent content by Greasyfingers

With looking at your responses I figured NOW I'm using the wrong terminology. I thought stovepiping was when the round stuck straight up (almost) when feeding. Looked it up and found it means an ejection issue. Mine has about every 4th round stick up at a 45 angle when FEEDING. Oops....

AMD - Boom Boom correct I finally got around to trying my M1 out after my truck ordeal. Y'all were right, you have to let the bolt slam forward on its own to get it to lock. I tried it out wearing my motorcycle helmet, shield down just in case. It shoots well except it stovepipes every 4th...

Not yet I'll try it out soon..having problems with a truck now. Will let you know how it goes.

Thanks! I was letting the bolt gently slide forward to test if it locked. Always made sure it wasn't pointing at the 46" TV or the wife/teenager. I'll go outside, point it at our favorite dirt mound, and let the bolt fall normally. If it doesn't lock, I'll remove the rounds and take it to a...

Cleaned it Cleaned it until I wore the copper brush out, still nothing. Using new Federal rounds and the old 1965 rounds to test, still can't get round to seat with bolt locked back.

Pictures Here's pics of the rifle. Inland (General motors) 11-43. Think the first sentence I posted stated I'm new at this, so I might not use the correct wording. If people are sensitive I'll try to use the correct bullet, round, cartridge, projectile, etc word. You can't push the round...

Still stuck The bolt does not have anything to do with it. The round cannot be inserted by hand and made to seat. I've tried new ammo and even fine sanded the old round with 1000 grit sandpaper. I'll try to take some pictures.

I'm rather new to this, but recently acquired my dad's 1943 M1 carbine. Someone had mounted the bolt wrong, so using a Youtube video I took the rifle apart and mounted the bolt correctly. First time I tried to load a round, the bullets stuck on the ramp. I polished the ramp with 1000 grit...