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texas yankee · 04-12-2012, 12:58 PM

I got one of my two Stoeger's field stripped yesterday evening - it was pretty dirty inside, and there was a lot of gummy residue - a can of WalMart carb cleaner got all the goo out of the gun so it's now nice and clean.

I also used the carb cleaner on the magazine - I removed the magazine follower button from what I believe are the OEM magazines, but I couldn't get the follower out - any suggestions there? I can manually operate the follower and slide it up and down smoothly without any problems, and the spring seems strong enough to firmly push up the follower.

I'm guessing that if the magazine's feed lips were bent, that the follower would come out of the magazine when the follower button is removed - it doesn't come out, so I guess the feed lips are OK.

I'd like to replace the drive spring especially but also some of the other springs, but I can't locate all of them - for now, if a good cleaning doesn't get it running right, I'll have to look harder or investigate somethign from Wolff. I'd also like to replace the extractor spring, but I'm hesitant to punch out the pin for the extractor - the extractor seems to be functioning fine.

I also cleaned out the chamber area in the barrel - with the gun field stripped, before I cleaned it, I noticed that when I manually put a 22LR round into the chamber, there was a slight bit of resistance and resistance when I took it out - no resistance at all after cleaning the gun and the chamber.

The extractor seems to be working correctly, but I'm not sure how much of a grab it's supposed to have on the lip of the case - with my other guns, if I seat a round against the bolt face, the extractor holds onto the case enough so that if I shake the bolt, the round stays firmly seated - that's not at all the case here - it barely holds the case up against the face and the round falls away easily. The extractor seems solid in the block, and moves up and down OK, but just doesn't seem to have much of a hold on the case - are the mechanics of ejecting a 22LR round that different than with other guns?

I'm gonna hit it again with carb cleaner later today, and give it a good scrub with a toothbrush.

Thanks in advance for any help with this !

Joe

04-12-2012, 12:58 PM	#7
texas yankee User Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 23 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	I got one of my two Stoeger's field stripped yesterday evening - it was pretty dirty inside, and there was a lot of gummy residue - a can of WalMart carb cleaner got all the goo out of the gun so it's now nice and clean. I also used the carb cleaner on the magazine - I removed the magazine follower button from what I believe are the OEM magazines, but I couldn't get the follower out - any suggestions there? I can manually operate the follower and slide it up and down smoothly without any problems, and the spring seems strong enough to firmly push up the follower. I'm guessing that if the magazine's feed lips were bent, that the follower would come out of the magazine when the follower button is removed - it doesn't come out, so I guess the feed lips are OK. I'd like to replace the drive spring especially but also some of the other springs, but I can't locate all of them - for now, if a good cleaning doesn't get it running right, I'll have to look harder or investigate somethign from Wolff. I'd also like to replace the extractor spring, but I'm hesitant to punch out the pin for the extractor - the extractor seems to be functioning fine. I also cleaned out the chamber area in the barrel - with the gun field stripped, before I cleaned it, I noticed that when I manually put a 22LR round into the chamber, there was a slight bit of resistance and resistance when I took it out - no resistance at all after cleaning the gun and the chamber. The extractor seems to be working correctly, but I'm not sure how much of a grab it's supposed to have on the lip of the case - with my other guns, if I seat a round against the bolt face, the extractor holds onto the case enough so that if I shake the bolt, the round stays firmly seated - that's not at all the case here - it barely holds the case up against the face and the round falls away easily. The extractor seems solid in the block, and moves up and down OK, but just doesn't seem to have much of a hold on the case - are the mechanics of ejecting a 22LR round that different than with other guns? I'm gonna hit it again with carb cleaner later today, and give it a good scrub with a toothbrush. Thanks in advance for any help with this ! Joe