Richardson
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I recently gave my "sporterized" M1917 a more thorough cleaning that I have before. First, it showed me that my scope mount was not tightly fixed, and that the base cover for the magazine could be reassembled without pounding (getting rid of crud can produce nearly miraculous results). ///PROBLEM 1/// Previous to this cleaning I was having trouble getting more than 2 rounds into the magazine. When I disassembled it, I found a "shroud" that doesn't apprear on the parts list. It looks like it fits around the bullet tip (it is 3 sided, and it fits perfectly in the front of the magazine well, but it's loose enough to move around so I don't know if it belongs there). The problem with this shroud is that it moves enough to jam the magazine making it impossible to load more than 2 rounds. I just removed it and 6 rounds load easily. Why was this shroud in there? ///PROBLEM 2/// While ejecting the second to last round, the last round also jumps out of the magazine. It's like I eject the spent round and the last unfired round at the same time. What can I do to correct this? I'm suspicious that the shroud (from problem 1) was supposed to correct this. Thanks for your help. /// Richardson