Captains1911
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When cycling rounds, sometimes I am unable to move the bolt completely forward on a cartridge and lock it down. This happens sometimes when feeding from a magazine and sometimes when I manually place a single round in the chamber and then try to close the bolt. I was suspecting the the polymer magazines, but now I'm not so sure. It's as if the extractor claw is unable to get over and around the rim of the case and is rather being pushed into the back of it.
I noticed when I cycle the bolt very slowly, that as I move it forward and it begins to strip the cartridge from the mag, it gets to a point where the magazine spring tension "pops" the round up out of the mag before the bolt is forward enough to allow the extractor claw to grab the rim. Is this normal operation? Sometimes when this happens I am still able to close and lock the bolt down, but sometimes I am not. I don't see how this is any different from manually placing a single round in the chamber and closing the bolt on it.
I am not very experienced with bolt guns so any hep would be greatly appreciated.
I noticed when I cycle the bolt very slowly, that as I move it forward and it begins to strip the cartridge from the mag, it gets to a point where the magazine spring tension "pops" the round up out of the mag before the bolt is forward enough to allow the extractor claw to grab the rim. Is this normal operation? Sometimes when this happens I am still able to close and lock the bolt down, but sometimes I am not. I don't see how this is any different from manually placing a single round in the chamber and closing the bolt on it.
I am not very experienced with bolt guns so any hep would be greatly appreciated.
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