Take a guess on this one. Wrongly installed coupling?

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by alvin

Without FFL, there is nothing that I can do.

Don't you have a local gunshop/pawnshop near you that would receive it for you???

For those who might be interested in it, here's the link to a good scan of the "coupling fix" (not my scan) -

http://1896mauser.com/jam.htm

And here's a scan of the cover of the book showing the tool -