hatchetbearer
Member
FINALLY got it out where i could shoot, with donor SKS to swap pieces out one at a time:
Gas valve: managed to extract but got caught in bolt, still didnt go back far enough to try to chamber
Gas tube:nope
Gas switch: nope
Big piston:nope
little piston and sping:nope
bolt and bolt carrier: nope
recoil spring:nada
receiver cover:zilch
Mag assembly:zip
so yeah, scrubbed chamber for 10 minutes with a .45 brush coated in Hoppes #9 and foaming engine degreaser (found it to be better than carb and brake cleaner for cosmoline) swapped out everything but trigger assembly and stock on the receiver still only goes back about a case length of a x39 shell, bolt becomes extremely hard to pull back after firing (think Mosin Nagant bolt) and appears to catch on that small nub on the inside left hand wall of the receiver, keeping it from going back far enough to cycle. thinking it has to be something in the trigger and hammer assembly because if the hammer is cocked, bolt works smooth, if its decocked hammer is hard and gritty . If ive ran out of stuff i can do im more than prepared to send it to a gunsmith, If i can find one in my area (close to Athens, Ohio) and if its going to cost less than another one to get fixed. I appreciate the great community response you guys rule
Gas valve: managed to extract but got caught in bolt, still didnt go back far enough to try to chamber
Gas tube:nope
Gas switch: nope
Big piston:nope
little piston and sping:nope
bolt and bolt carrier: nope
recoil spring:nada
receiver cover:zilch
Mag assembly:zip
so yeah, scrubbed chamber for 10 minutes with a .45 brush coated in Hoppes #9 and foaming engine degreaser (found it to be better than carb and brake cleaner for cosmoline) swapped out everything but trigger assembly and stock on the receiver still only goes back about a case length of a x39 shell, bolt becomes extremely hard to pull back after firing (think Mosin Nagant bolt) and appears to catch on that small nub on the inside left hand wall of the receiver, keeping it from going back far enough to cycle. thinking it has to be something in the trigger and hammer assembly because if the hammer is cocked, bolt works smooth, if its decocked hammer is hard and gritty . If ive ran out of stuff i can do im more than prepared to send it to a gunsmith, If i can find one in my area (close to Athens, Ohio) and if its going to cost less than another one to get fixed. I appreciate the great community response you guys rule
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