JediJJJ: Pardon me for a momentary change in the topic.
I know almost nothing about guns, having inherited a grandfather's very old .22 bolt-action Savage many years ago and used it several times over the years. Unfortunately he had already given away or sold his Carbine before he died in the late '70s.
But I bought an Auto Ordnance M-1 Carbine two weeks ago and have so much to learn (!). Compared to the old .22 it certainly is powerful and fun.
Both days I've used it this week, after loading about six rounds in the magazine, in order to not run out of ammo too quickly, a round jams almost each time-whether the first to feed or later- and it is always perched there at the same angle, with the copper bullet tip just below the chamber.
I chamber the round fairly quickly, as recommended by the gunsmith.
The gun was lubed/oil at the gun store this week and appears quite clean. I never put it down on the ground, just onto a thick camouflage net on the grass etc. It was oiled just after the last time.
A hunter I chatted briefly with suggested oiling the magazine might help, and another said that when breaking in a gun, soft lead bullets help to "grease" the chamber. The two gun stores I've been to here only sell the Remington copper-jacketed ammo for the M-1 Carbine. Might another gun store here have a box of soft lead Carbine ammo?
What would you or anybody else suggest, or is there another related topic on this forum elsewhere?
