Guest TONEY Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 My new m44 has a problem closing the bolt, it does it with all the bolts i have. I'm thinking the chamber is a little sloppy and the bolt face is small and the edges are sharp and the round is'nt slipping into the face {i could be wrong} What can i do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamp_thing Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 The first thing I would say is that the chamber is probably all full of gum and needs to be cleaned. Check very carefully to see if there is any dried and caked up cosmoline in the way of the bolt face. I have gotten a few that actually had pieces of brown paper coated with cosmoline stuck in the bolt face area. I think that in some cases they actually did this to keep foreign matter out of the bore during storage. If there is a build up, it could be holding the bolt back or interfering with the extractor. Also, is this when chambering a round or even on an empty chamber? I would suggest taking a pick like device and physically checking the rear of the chamber where the extractor would go and the bolt face area to see if it has hard cosmo there, impeding the bolt from closing. swamp_thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGRWJB Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Swamp makes some good points and a good cleaning may fix it. It also maybe the rounds your using do not headspace properly with that gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigEd63 Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 It also maybe the rounds your using do not headspace properly with that gun. 9427[/snapback] Yep I've had that happen before ammo can vary in case overall length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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