Fixed the feeding issue with my Romanian m69

[daniel craig]

I was about to give up on this little guy after having feed issues after many thorough cleanings. Then I stopped to think...the vast majority of feed issues I’ve ever had in rifles have been magazine related; so I grabbed the mag and took a look.....

Ad it turns out, the top of the mag (feed lips? The things that bend in at the top) were bent in more at the rear than in the middle and so as soon as the round got a little ways forward it would pop up at a 30ish degree angle.

Figuring “Bleep it, what’s the worst that could happen?” I grabbed a pair of pliers and bent the feed lips inward/down in the middle and y’all....guess what....IT WORKED, no feed issues anymore.

It really was that simple and I love this rifle even more!

 

[792mauser]

Congratulations.
Love seat of the pants gunsmithing or "hold my beer i wonder" stories when they work out.

I now have 2 of the little darlings. They're fun. But the mags are a bit thin on the ground.