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Old 05-27-2020, 08:36 AM
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Rifle bolt cycles fine until you pull the trigger, then the bolt is sticky to lift ??? any ideas??? or recommended smith in EDM area
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Old 05-27-2020, 10:16 AM
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As in dry firing or firing a shot?
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Old 05-27-2020, 10:43 AM
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Factory loads?
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Old 05-27-2020, 11:17 AM
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As in dry firing or firing a shot?
dry fire... i have not shot it yet
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Old 05-27-2020, 12:01 PM
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dry fire... i have not shot it yet
How sticky? After firing, lifting the bolt cocks the bolt, so there should be more resistance.
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Old 05-27-2020, 12:10 PM
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smith that looked over the gun said that this stickyness is not uncommon ... idk but i think it should be slick and easy like all my others
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Old 05-27-2020, 01:08 PM
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Lube the cocking piece where the cam is that pushes the firing pin back
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Old 05-27-2020, 08:12 PM
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In my experience bolts always feel heavier when lifting after dry firing vs live fire. I’m sure will be completely normal when you actually shoot it.
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Old 05-29-2020, 04:14 PM
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If you want, bring it over, I had one like that too. Had to do some tinkering on the whole assembly. Previous Bubba adjusted everything out of whack.
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Old 07-11-2020, 08:16 AM
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Rifle bolt cycles fine until you pull the trigger, then the bolt is sticky to lift ??? any ideas??? or recommended smith in EDM area
Just a thank you to all for your input. Finally got it out to the range and dry fire it sticks, but after live fire there is no issue. Using a Sako peep i managed 2" groups +/- at a 100m with 165 gr and 1.6" groups with 180gr ... hitting the 200m gong was easy peasy.. will see how I do at 300m in the future... thanks to all...cheers...drw
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I just recently bought a '61 Forester L579 in 243 Win. so after taking it to a range I noticed that soft point rounds do not feed well from the magazine.
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