GigaBuist
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I got a weird one, and I don't know much about these types of things.
I took a Styer M95 out for the first time last week that I picked up in October. Having never shot a clip fed (like the Garands) before I was hesitant and didn't know anybody else who had. Of course during the cleaning process (packed in grease) I had to tear the gun down and put it back together via instructions on http://www.surplusrifles.com
Anyway, I was pretty confident that I had things in good working order. Until I shot the darned thing.
Fired without a hitch. Loaded nicely and it chambers the first four rounds no problem -- needs new springs or something to get that 5th one in there though.
Here's the kicker: It takes a friggen huge amount of force to get that bolt to come back. Certainly not something I'd expect out of a battle rifle. I'm not a very strong man, but the bolt should be operable. I had to tilt the rifle sideways and whack the bolt forward onto the table to get it loose!
I swear, I must be damned near retarded because I did put 10 rounds through the thing. Every time, same problem. So, I posed the question to some fellow gun nuts tonight at the pub. I got a couple of reasonable answers:
One, the bolt might be "hopping" out of the guides upon firing. Okay, that's not safe, and I'm not seeing anything to show that that's happening but I guess it's possible. That guy had probably had a few too many.
Two, after mentioning that the brass was "sheared" on the rim after I had ejected it another guy that seems more level headed asked if it was old ammo or handloads. Yep, old brass -- I assume surplus ammo as it's corrosive. Old stuff from 1938-1940 it seems from the markings. He suggests that the power has "dried out" and it's running hot.
Now, powder is mean to be dry, but in hindsight the thing was NOT kicking like I had expected. I heard it was worse than an Mosin Nagant M44 and I wasn't feeling that. Perhaps the power has "gone bad" in some way, shape, or form, and it's creating more heat than it should and not burning proper. That would cause the extraction problems and the extractor pulling on that rim to get the thing out could cause the shearing.
I'm leaning toward the idea that the loads are just bad, causing too much pressure, and that's causing the horribly hard extraction and sheering.
Thoughts?
I took a Styer M95 out for the first time last week that I picked up in October. Having never shot a clip fed (like the Garands) before I was hesitant and didn't know anybody else who had. Of course during the cleaning process (packed in grease) I had to tear the gun down and put it back together via instructions on http://www.surplusrifles.com
Anyway, I was pretty confident that I had things in good working order. Until I shot the darned thing.
Fired without a hitch. Loaded nicely and it chambers the first four rounds no problem -- needs new springs or something to get that 5th one in there though.
Here's the kicker: It takes a friggen huge amount of force to get that bolt to come back. Certainly not something I'd expect out of a battle rifle. I'm not a very strong man, but the bolt should be operable. I had to tilt the rifle sideways and whack the bolt forward onto the table to get it loose!
I swear, I must be damned near retarded because I did put 10 rounds through the thing. Every time, same problem. So, I posed the question to some fellow gun nuts tonight at the pub. I got a couple of reasonable answers:
One, the bolt might be "hopping" out of the guides upon firing. Okay, that's not safe, and I'm not seeing anything to show that that's happening but I guess it's possible. That guy had probably had a few too many.
Two, after mentioning that the brass was "sheared" on the rim after I had ejected it another guy that seems more level headed asked if it was old ammo or handloads. Yep, old brass -- I assume surplus ammo as it's corrosive. Old stuff from 1938-1940 it seems from the markings. He suggests that the power has "dried out" and it's running hot.
Now, powder is mean to be dry, but in hindsight the thing was NOT kicking like I had expected. I heard it was worse than an Mosin Nagant M44 and I wasn't feeling that. Perhaps the power has "gone bad" in some way, shape, or form, and it's creating more heat than it should and not burning proper. That would cause the extraction problems and the extractor pulling on that rim to get the thing out could cause the shearing.
I'm leaning toward the idea that the loads are just bad, causing too much pressure, and that's causing the horribly hard extraction and sheering.
Thoughts?