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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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Found a colt huntsman auto .22 in a barn being torn down. I am trying to salvage it and took it apart to clean it up and get rid of rust. When reassembling it, the action is locked and only opens about an inch. Where did I screw up and how can I fix it? 0 -
Believe Formost was a house name used by J.C. Penny's. Can't find any info on your particular model but possible made by BSA in England. 0 -
I looked in the back of the Blue Book that lists store brands. I didn't find a model 6500 but 66** , 6400 and 6870. These were either
Savage, Glenfield, Marlin or Springfield, depending on model #. My first guess would be Savage, but with house brands could be something else.0
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