Smokey Jones
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(Warning, I don't know much about guns yet, so this is probably going to seem a little long winded and stupid. My apologies.)
I just bought my first ever gun. It is a Romanian .22 bolt-action rifle, and I've got to say for the money it's turned out to be a pretty decent purchase. I bought an Outers cleaning kit and cleaned and oiled the barrel and all of the slidy bits that seemed important (basically, I cleaned and lubed the whole thing with the exception of the trigger mechanism).
Experimenting in my apartment (safety on, barrel pointed at the couch!), I initially had some problems with failure to feed reliably from the magazine. Often, the front of the first cartridge in the magazine would pop up (literally, spring up) and get jammed in the action. Also the back of the last cartridge would not advance properly and the bottom of the bolt would miss it as I was sliding the action forward.
I was able to clear up the problem of the last cartridge not feeding properly. I took apart the magazine, and I discovered that the rhomboid upside-down U shaped thing that pushes the bullets up was bent so I bent it back.
Yesterday I took it to the range for the first time, and it worked pretty well. However, there are still two rather annoying problems that I would like to clear up if at all possible.
The first cartridge in the magazine - while it's not doing this as often as it was - still pops up too far in front and jams the action.
The second problem is when I pull the bolt back it is not reliably ejecting the brass, even when I am forceful in pulling back the bolt. While not a super-critical problem (hey, I realize it's just a $50 rifle) - I can always tip it to the side and make the brass fall out - it would be nice if I could cycle the action while keeping the rifle upright and pointed at the target.
I just bought my first ever gun. It is a Romanian .22 bolt-action rifle, and I've got to say for the money it's turned out to be a pretty decent purchase. I bought an Outers cleaning kit and cleaned and oiled the barrel and all of the slidy bits that seemed important (basically, I cleaned and lubed the whole thing with the exception of the trigger mechanism).
Experimenting in my apartment (safety on, barrel pointed at the couch!), I initially had some problems with failure to feed reliably from the magazine. Often, the front of the first cartridge in the magazine would pop up (literally, spring up) and get jammed in the action. Also the back of the last cartridge would not advance properly and the bottom of the bolt would miss it as I was sliding the action forward.
I was able to clear up the problem of the last cartridge not feeding properly. I took apart the magazine, and I discovered that the rhomboid upside-down U shaped thing that pushes the bullets up was bent so I bent it back.
Yesterday I took it to the range for the first time, and it worked pretty well. However, there are still two rather annoying problems that I would like to clear up if at all possible.
The first cartridge in the magazine - while it's not doing this as often as it was - still pops up too far in front and jams the action.
The second problem is when I pull the bolt back it is not reliably ejecting the brass, even when I am forceful in pulling back the bolt. While not a super-critical problem (hey, I realize it's just a $50 rifle) - I can always tip it to the side and make the brass fall out - it would be nice if I could cycle the action while keeping the rifle upright and pointed at the target.