Here is the result of the range outing;
I need a new magazine becaues the Mec-Gar magazine is now broken. I loaded it with seven rounds, inserted it nto the pistol, and the plastic botton split and broke off. I have the spring, magazine and the broken plastic bottom piece.
I found that the difference between the remington and the winchester ammunition at first glance is the remington seats the bullet deeper into the brass than the winchester.
The remington ammunition caused less jamms
The most prevelant problem was with the feeding where the next round in the magazine is completly missed by the bolt and no round is chambered after firing. This happened with almost every firing with the Mec- Gar magazine before it broke and a few times with my old mag.
The jamming seems to occur after firing the initial round and the casing is ejected properly. The toggle begins to slide forward and the face of the bolt misses the back of the top round in the magazine. Instead it makes contact about 1/8th of an inch up, puts a dent in the brass and flips it straight up between the bolt and the barrel. I believe the jamming and the no load problem are linked. I still believe my problem may be a magazine flaw. If not then I would like to send it to a gunsmith.
The pistol is very touchy. Tom H. told me to shoot with a firm grip. This reduced the instance of jamming by %50.
Thankyou
Tim
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