Mauser problems

[1911JMB]

Some time ago, I bought a surplus yugo mauser which works perfectly. My dad and friend were both so impressed with it that they bought there own mausers. My friend has one just like mine, and with his, the firing pin won't indent deep enough in the primer to fire. My dad has a Czech mauser, and that one does everything right except eject spent shells. Both guns have had the cosmoline totaly cleaned off. Keeping in mind I don't know anything about how to take apart the bolts (link to online owners manual anyone?), we need some advice about how to fix these problems.

 

[DnPRK]

http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting/mauserboltdisassembly/index.asp

 

[DMK]

My friend has one just like mine, and with his, the firing pin won't indent deep enough in the primer to fire.

Just a random stab at it, but I was just reading about 50's Yugo ammo having hard primers, could that be your problem? The fix apparently is a stronger striker spring from Wolff Gunsprings or just use different ammo.

 

[1911JMB]

The surplus yugo 8mm ammo works just fine in the other 2. Those wolff striker springs might just solve his problem.

 

[jobu07]

Hmmm... I wonder if you got all the cosmo out of the bolt? I had a problem like this at one point. I soaked the bolt while the rifle was de-cosmo'd only to find out I was getting light primer strikes. I shouldn't have been so lazy and cleaned and dissassembled the bolt to begin with. Anyway, that made a world of difference

 

[DMK]

The surplus yugo 8mm ammo works just fine in the other 2. Those wolff striker springs might just solve his problem.

Yep, that sounds exactly like the symptoms I was reading about. It would fire fine in some rifles and wouldn't in others.

 

[chuxterized]

Just a random stab at it, but I was just reading about 50's Yugo ammo having hard primers, could that be your problem? The fix apparently is a stronger striker spring from Wolff Gunsprings or just use different ammo.

DMK, do you know which springs they suggested you use? i'd imagine that using a spring that's too powerful (like the 30 lb spring) would be bad for the gun, but the 22 lb spring might not be enough for the 50's yugo's hard primers.

thanks in advance

 

[DMK]

DMK, do you know which springs they suggested you use? i'd imagine that using a spring that's too powerful (like the 30 lb spring) would be bad for the gun, but the 22 lb spring might not be enough for the 50's yugo's hard primers.

thanks in advance

I'm sorry I don't know which spring is recommended. I doubt though that any Wolff spring would harm your gun and you could always swap the original spring back on there when you get a case of something else.

Try searching or posting your question on this forum and you should find your answers:
http://p102.ezboard.com/fparallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsforumsfrm76

 

[KriegHund]

Before you go and spend lots of mony on fancy things-

I had the same exact problem with my turkish masuer.
All i had to do was just take apart the bolt and clean out all the cosmoline really well.

Before i did this the first 10 rounds i went through i didnt get a single fire. Then the next stripper clip i got 1 round to fire. Then the next clip i got 3 rounds. Then all 5.

So the first round loosened up the pin.

 

[chuxterized]

krieghund, thanks for your advice. i did take apart the bolt already and have cleaned it out, so i don't think that's the problem. thanks for your advice though

 

[Sleeping Dog]

Try swapping firing pins, see if the problem moves. Don't just swap complete bolts.

Regards.