First day at the range

Fabian23 · 06-25-2006, 12:15 PM

Sooo, I gave the old girl a good scrubbing, took out a good lump of gunk out from around and under the extractor (the spring was encased in dirt), cleaned and oiled all parts that needed it.

I got two new mec-gar mags and newly fitted Nills on the grip and headed for the range once again with 100 rds (50 115gr S&B and 50 124gr Subsonic S&B).

Subsonic works fine with one round in 5 being extracted half way out of the chamber before the extractor jumped the rim. This left me with a jam since the bolt is trying to feed the next round in.

Standard 115gr I have a 1 in 5 chance of a stovepipe.

The additional problem both have in common is feeding a round in and it gets wedged half in the chamber at an angle though this was only a 1 in 10 occurrence.

All in all neither ammo offers 100% reliability yet

Suggestions most welcome.

p.s I am also learning to grip with a stiff grip since this also helps things. I am a rifle shooter by preference so it is a new experience.

06-25-2006, 12:15 PM	#6
Fabian23 User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Canton Bern Posts: 68 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	New developments Sooo, I gave the old girl a good scrubbing, took out a good lump of gunk out from around and under the extractor (the spring was encased in dirt), cleaned and oiled all parts that needed it. I got two new mec-gar mags and newly fitted Nills on the grip and headed for the range once again with 100 rds (50 115gr S&B and 50 124gr Subsonic S&B). Subsonic works fine with one round in 5 being extracted half way out of the chamber before the extractor jumped the rim. This left me with a jam since the bolt is trying to feed the next round in. Standard 115gr I have a 1 in 5 chance of a stovepipe. The additional problem both have in common is feeding a round in and it gets wedged half in the chamber at an angle though this was only a 1 in 10 occurrence. All in all neither ammo offers 100% reliability yet Suggestions most welcome. p.s I am also learning to grip with a stiff grip since this also helps things. I am a rifle shooter by preference so it is a new experience.