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ladyhunter
I bought a Mosin Nagant rifle at the last gun show and some surplus ammo. Chambering the cartridge was difficult and required a sharp thump with my hand to close the bolt. Someone told me they thought it may be the ammo which was Albanian, and had a history of being hard to chamber. I ordered some Norma brass and while waiting for that to come I removed the bolt and tried to put the cartridge head into the bolt head under the extractor. Difficult. When forced in, it was too tight to turn with the fingers. I took a couple cartridges and milled 1-2 millimeters from around the rim. Worked fine. Bolt closed easily, no signs of excessive headspace on the case after firing. Meantime the Norma brass arived; same problem I had with the Albanian. I'm convinced that it is the extractor extending too far into the bolt head recess. Is there any way I can grind a little off the extractor or am I going to cause more headaches when I start this? I can just continue to remove brass from the rims, but this is just a band-aid. From some of the sites I have monitored, others are having this problem. Any ideas??
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  • ladyhunter
    OK guys and gals I need help on this one. I am looking for a wooden stock for a p14 enfield. Any ideas would be welcomed
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  • TRAP55
    I wouldn't bet my life on it.[:)]
    It's the latest reincarnation of the J-380 that was produced by Jennings Arms and Bryco Arms.
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  • duckhunter
    JUNK> Get her a good gun.
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  • xxx97
    quote:Originally posted by ladyhunter
    my daughter bought a 380 jimenez Should i take it from her and toss or is it a decent pistol I don't know anything about the name brand what are the pros and cons of this piece
    keep it for the shooting range only...to me it's a saturday night special,might fire,might not...
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  • ladyhunter
    thank you for the info will tell her to trade up when she can she is using this to learn to shoot
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  • Wolf.
    Look, something like this piece of scrap metal can sour someone new on shooting altogether.

    Just get her to buy, or if you can, buy it for her, a decent weapon to shoot. Then sell the Jimenez or whatever it is.

    If money is a factor, buy a used gun from a dealer or someone you trust, with the caveat that you try it out first to see how well it functions with cheap hardball factory ammo. It should fire every time as fast as you pull the trigger, with no malfunctions. If it does not, you can't trust your life to it. For example, try a Glock 17, in 9mm Luger used (smaller profile than many and perhaps better for a smaller hand). Many gun shops will have them. They are fairly inexpensive, maybe $350(?) and up (more, obviously, than the pot metal gun she has now). A Glock 17's useful life is perhaps 25,000+ rounds, so it is a fairly decent gun. 9mm Luger is more plentiful and probably cheaper (more powerful, too) right now than .380acp. I think Walmart sells 9mm Luger ammo for between $11-$12 or thereabouts per box of 50 or about $21-$22 for a bulk pak of 100 rounds (if available). Sometimes they will sell Winchester NATO specification hardball ammo inexpensively too. It is a bit higher powered. Personally, I like that round.

    Remember, however, many good semi-autos have issues when you try to fire "self defense" ammo in them. "Self-defense ammo", meaning something along the lines of a jacketed hollow-point (JHP) round such as Federal Hydra-Shok or the like. If problems like that arise, minor work would be required by a good gunsmith. Such work on a scrap gun is simply either not worth it or impossible to do.

    This is another topic, but personally (my opinion), and contrary to the opinions of others here and elsewhere, I do not mind using a good full metal jacketed (FMJ) or "hardball" round for self defense just for the reasons of reliability. In my opinion, the only way you will guarantee getting your weapon worked over to perfectly fire, every time without fail, something like a Federal Hydra-Shok JHP round is to have the weapon worked by a gunsmith that you trust your life to. Do you know anyone like that? See what I mean? As a substitute to that, buy 5 boxes (250 rounds) of the JHP round (maybe $150-$200 worth) that you contemplate using and fire all 250 rounds through your weapon in practice. If it fails once, you have a problem. If not, I'd call it good to go. My personal opinion. The upside to your weapon failing "the JHP test" is that you have all that good practice in and are now familiar with your weapon.
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