AethelstanAegen
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Yes, I know. Rimlock is supposed to be a myth in a properly running Mosin-Nagant, unfortunately my M44 seems to be having some problems.
I'm getting rimlock when chambering the first round or five (ie 4 in the magazine below). It's bad enough where I have to unload the rifle completely because the bolt will not move no matter how much force is used. Before I get any comments about how it must be hit harder, etc. I'm familiar with the clunky nature of MNs. My 91/30 runs quite well these days.
I've tracked the problem down to the magazine floorplate/spring/follower assembly. When I swap out the floorplate/spring/follower with the same from my M91/30, the M44 runs smoothly and then the M91/30 will have rimlock issues. For the life of me though I can't see a difference between the two assemblies. The fact that changing the floorplate fixes the problem leads me to believe it's not the interrupters fault.
Has anyone had a similar problem? I'm thinking maybe the magazine follower spring is to powerful and is jamming round past the interrupter or something? I thought about trying to weaken the spring but I wasn't sure how to go about doing that and was worried about damaging the part for good. I'm very open to any suggestions anyone might have. Many thanks!
I'm getting rimlock when chambering the first round or five (ie 4 in the magazine below). It's bad enough where I have to unload the rifle completely because the bolt will not move no matter how much force is used. Before I get any comments about how it must be hit harder, etc. I'm familiar with the clunky nature of MNs. My 91/30 runs quite well these days.
I've tracked the problem down to the magazine floorplate/spring/follower assembly. When I swap out the floorplate/spring/follower with the same from my M91/30, the M44 runs smoothly and then the M91/30 will have rimlock issues. For the life of me though I can't see a difference between the two assemblies. The fact that changing the floorplate fixes the problem leads me to believe it's not the interrupters fault.
Has anyone had a similar problem? I'm thinking maybe the magazine follower spring is to powerful and is jamming round past the interrupter or something? I thought about trying to weaken the spring but I wasn't sure how to go about doing that and was worried about damaging the part for good. I'm very open to any suggestions anyone might have. Many thanks!