Hello out there
I recently got a Yugo m48 8mm master and am having some trouble. I cannot quite close the bolt on a shell. It comes within a mm or so it seems from being able to chamber and close the bolt downward but just won't quite make it. I took it to a local shop, they tell me it is in fact 8x57 as it is marked (Cai) and the headache is correct. They put a straight (non bent) bolt from another Yugo(24/27 I believe is the model?) And were able to fire the rifle with that bolt. They were also able to chamber and fire the other rifle using my bolt, but my bolt will not chamber in my rifle. Both bolts looked identical in length etc. Aside from my bolt being bent with the flat underside on the ball, theirs being a complete sphere. We did not take a micronometer to the bolts, but did look at them carefully to see matching lengths etc. Does anyone out there have any ideas or suggestions? The shop offered to swap bolts but I didn't want to start mixing and matching parts until I learned more about this as I would prefer to keep it matching. ( the way I received it at least.) Thank you for your help and thoughts!
I recently got a Yugo m48 8mm master and am having some trouble. I cannot quite close the bolt on a shell. It comes within a mm or so it seems from being able to chamber and close the bolt downward but just won't quite make it. I took it to a local shop, they tell me it is in fact 8x57 as it is marked (Cai) and the headache is correct. They put a straight (non bent) bolt from another Yugo(24/27 I believe is the model?) And were able to fire the rifle with that bolt. They were also able to chamber and fire the other rifle using my bolt, but my bolt will not chamber in my rifle. Both bolts looked identical in length etc. Aside from my bolt being bent with the flat underside on the ball, theirs being a complete sphere. We did not take a micronometer to the bolts, but did look at them carefully to see matching lengths etc. Does anyone out there have any ideas or suggestions? The shop offered to swap bolts but I didn't want to start mixing and matching parts until I learned more about this as I would prefer to keep it matching. ( the way I received it at least.) Thank you for your help and thoughts!