One other problem I have had was a few clips that were out of spec as best I can tell. I have 3 clips that are longer across the bottom by a 1/16 of an inch or so. It was just enough to cause problems apparently. Feeding works fine with all my other clips, but not those three. I don't know the origin of the clips and they each had different headstamps. I have quarantined them, but I haven't thrown them away yet.
Just bought a very clean 1941 Garand, and it jammed
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I would think
that if your oprod spring were worn, it would let the bolt and rod go all the way rearward so that when they returned the bolt would strike the casehead properly and you wouldn't get a bolt-over misfeed.
But if your gas cylinder or oprod piston or both are worn out of spec, rearward thrust on bolt and rod will be too low and will be unable to fully compress the oprod spring. Bolt will go back far enough to eject, since the empty is shorter than the live round, but not go past the head of the next case.
If the oprod spring is too strong, same thing.
'course, upward pressure on the follower comes from the oprod spring, but again if the spring were too weak I'd expect it to show up in the first couple of rounds when all are wedged in the clip pretty tightly, not round four by which time they are all pretty loose.
that if your oprod spring were worn, it would let the bolt and rod go all the way rearward so that when they returned the bolt would strike the casehead properly and you wouldn't get a bolt-over misfeed.
But if your gas cylinder or oprod piston or both are worn out of spec, rearward thrust on bolt and rod will be too low and will be unable to fully compress the oprod spring. Bolt will go back far enough to eject, since the empty is shorter than the live round, but not go past the head of the next case.
If the oprod spring is too strong, same thing.
'course, upward pressure on the follower comes from the oprod spring, but again if the spring were too weak I'd expect it to show up in the first couple of rounds when all are wedged in the clip pretty tightly, not round four by which time they are all pretty loose.
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Were you shooting off of a bench? I have had this problem before, but only when shooting off the bench. Off-hand/kneeling/sitting/prone and I have never had a problem.
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I happen to have been prone when it happened. Off bench was not a problem.monsternav said:
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