Ancient Springfield 87A running issues

[Analogkid]

I have a Old Springfield 87a 22lr that has been in my family for a while and is pretty well worn. It was handed down to me and I ran a few tubes through it after spritzing it down with rem oil. It had a few jams here and there so I decided to tear it all down and clean it.

It still seems to jam here and there even after going through it.

It doesnt matter what brand ammo it is. Still seems to do it.

Mag and mag spring was cleaned and is well lubed. Supposedly these are pretty reliable and jamming is rare.

Not with this one.

 

[Catpop]

Used to get a lot of these in the shop back in the 70s thru 90s. You might check to see if the barrel has a ding in the top of the chamber from dry firing.
Good luck, catpop

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

+1 on the dry-fire issue- it causes the chamber to deform slightly and will cause FTF and FTE issues. Try finding an old Ruger Single Six that doesn't have six deformed chambers! Gentle working with a rat-tail file should clean it up without too much fuss, then buff with a dab of chrome polish on a bore patch turning by hand or with a Dremel-type tool to remove the file marks. Also take a good look at the firing pin to see if it is mushroomed or even has the tip snapped off.....

 

[tark]

+2 on the dry fire issue. First thing I would check. Also, dryfiring can hurt the tip of the firing pin also. It could be flattened to the extent that it won't reliably set off rounds. This would be further compounded by the inevitable weak springs the gun probably has.

 

[cuervo]

Look in the Savage/Stevens section of Rimfire Central:
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=24

You don't specify what types of jams you are having, but there are practically no replacement parts out there that weren't taken off of other rifles that were parted out because they were having problems, too. Reading through the threads, there are many gunsmiths who won't work on these rifles because of their design and lack of good available parts.

On the plus side, you can put a scope on it and have a pretty good single-shot rifle.

 

[OcelotZ3]

There are some threads out there regarding how to get these to operate more reliably. I followed the advice on a few and got mine to work mostly reliably with the occasional misfeed from the tube. I think I need to work on the lifter spring.

It's amazing that a few years ago Numrich had a bunch of spare parts but they have dried up now.

 

[Catpop]

I may have a few old parts left in my old gunshop. Let me know what parts you need.
Catpop