Picked up a beautiful looking MAS-36 yesterday in 7.5 French, bore looks pristine!
However when I went to run a few of my dummy rounds through it this morning I noticed that the bolt will not close all the way with a round in the chamber. It's about 1/4 inch from being all the way home.
I read on some other forums that this can be due to an issue with the firing pin so I removed it and got the same result. Next I got my dummy 7.62x51 rounds and tried those thinking maybe it had been converted and someone failed to mark the receiver. Bolt would close but extractor would not engage and the round just kinda falls out so I don't think thats it.
I also should mention that when I bought it the bolt seemed kinda hard to close even without a round in it, kinda binds up midway through the throw but is smooth on the ends (if you follow me there). I chalked this up to cosmoline buildup at first, it was covered pretty liberally, but now I wonder if the two issues are related.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
However when I went to run a few of my dummy rounds through it this morning I noticed that the bolt will not close all the way with a round in the chamber. It's about 1/4 inch from being all the way home.
I read on some other forums that this can be due to an issue with the firing pin so I removed it and got the same result. Next I got my dummy 7.62x51 rounds and tried those thinking maybe it had been converted and someone failed to mark the receiver. Bolt would close but extractor would not engage and the round just kinda falls out so I don't think thats it.
I also should mention that when I bought it the bolt seemed kinda hard to close even without a round in it, kinda binds up midway through the throw but is smooth on the ends (if you follow me there). I chalked this up to cosmoline buildup at first, it was covered pretty liberally, but now I wonder if the two issues are related.
Thoughts?
Thanks!