Magasine feeding - Old Mannlicher

05 September 2003, 09:28

Fritz Kraut

Gentlemen,

for some pieces of advice I would be really grateful. Today I unstocked my Mannlicher-Schï¿½nauer, to fasten the barrel ring for the swing scope mount with some Loc-Tite. Having put all together, I left for the range.

At the range I got problems with the feeding. The cartridge didnï¿½t chamber, because the magasine follower stuck. When I disengaged the magasine, the follower worked well, but in the rifle it still stuck.

Please give me some pieces of advice to solve this!

Best regards,

Fritz

05 September 2003, 14:38

KurtC

What model M-S do you have?

05 September 2003, 19:43

Fritz Kraut

quote:
Originally posted by KurtC:
What model M-S do you have?

1950 NO, 8x60S.

Fritz

06 September 2003, 13:27

KurtC

I cannot figure out what the problem is. I tried to jam two different 1950's and couldn't duplicate your problem.

Did your rifle work fine before you disassembled it? Did you take apart the magazine rotor?

Your magazine should have a bracket that surrounds the cartridges at the neck, keeping them against the rotor. Is yours still in place?

07 September 2003, 19:29

Fritz Kraut

quote:
Originally posted by KurtC:
I cannot figure out what the problem is. I tried to jam two different 1950's and couldn't duplicate your problem.

Did your rifle work fine before you disassembled it? Did you take apart the magazine rotor?

Your magazine should have a bracket that surrounds the cartridges at the neck, keeping them against the rotor. Is yours still in place?

1. It did work excellent before I disassembled the rifle.

2. When it stuck after disassembling, I removed the magasine again and didnï¿½t find anything wrong. The bracket is in place.

3. Having unstocked the rifle, I have put the magasine in place. In works until I put the bottom plate in locked position - which is remakably unwilling to go into place. The problem seems to be in the rear end of the rotor, which touches the back magasine holder, causing it not to rotate freely. (Hope youï¿½ll understand - this isnï¿½t quite easy to put into something that at least looks as english!)

Thanks for your helping! [Smile]

Fritz

[ 09-07-2003, 10:31: Message edited by: Fritz Kraut ]

09 September 2003, 23:39

Fritz Kraut

I have solved the problem. It was a simple little scratch, which prevented the axis of the rotor from functioning.

Fritz

10 September 2003, 00:10

<eldeguello>

Glad you got it working, Herr Kraut! The M/S magazines are just about the best there is when they are working correctly, but when out of whack, often cause a real pain! [Smile]