Mauser feeding problem

[Scott h]

I have a late 50's BSA that is in almost unused condition but will not "grab" a cartridge out of the magazine. It will push the cartridge out of the magazine, but due to the extractor it will not allow the bolt to close. Any mauser action people out there ?????

[Dean2]

The rim of the cartridge needs to slide between the extract and the bolt face while being pushed into place. If you sit a cartridge on top of the magazine follower loose, not pushed down into the mad well, will it feed that properly? If not, is the extractor free, or won't move?

[fps plus]

The face of the extractor needs to be beveled properly to jump the rim of the cartridge

[Scott h]

Originally Posted by fps plus

The face of the extractor needs to be beveled properly to jump the rim of the cartridge

Does the beveled edge of the extractor pop over the cartridge base?

[Dean2]

Really hard to diagnose over email. Are u anywhere near edmonton, I would be happy to take a look at it for you.

The beveled edge will pop over a cartridge but that isn't the way a Mauser was designed to feed normally.

[fps plus]

Most of the Mauser style extractors are not a true control feed anymore . Most are now designed so that the extractor can jump the rim if a cartridge runs ahead of the extractor.

[Scott h]

Originally Posted by Dean2

Really hard to diagnose over email. Are u anywhere near edmonton, I would be happy to take a look at it for you.

The beveled edge will pop over a cartridge but that isn't the way a Mauser was designed to feed normally.

Thanks, I appreciate your offer of help but unfortunately I'm in the Okanagan.

[Scott h]

Originally Posted by Dean2

The rim of the cartridge needs to slide between the extract and the bolt face while being pushed into place. If you sit a cartridge on top of the magazine follower loose, not pushed down into the mad well, will it feed that properly? If not, is the extractor free, or won't move?

No it won't. It will just push the shell forward into the chamber but the extractor doesn't go over the rim of the cartridge there by preventing the bolt from closing. The extractor does move but it seems quite tight. I have the identical rifle in 222 and it feels a similiar tightness. The difference is with the 222 by the time the cartridge gets into the chamber, the rim has moved up in between the extractor and the bolt face. The 30-06 fails to move into that position.

[tranq78]

Take it to Karl. He is the gunsmith for Wild West at West Edmonton Mall. German trained and he knows his Mausers.

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