How painful - no luck - have been working at it over a week. Frank at Marstar says send it back to him and he'll sort it out
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How painful - no luck - have been working at it over a week. Frank at Marstar says send it back to him and he'll sort it out
I'm thinkng you didn't place the bolt carrier properly on the bolt... might have my terms mixed up but i'm referring to the piece that connects the bolt to the pump "arms". The bolt looks like it's riding crooked.
It looks very similar in basic design to the 870, but I have never seen one up close.
Not wrong stray, I saw that but couldn't figure out how to get it riding straight, until....Originally Posted by Stray03
SUCCESS!!! Thanks to Stray and Fat Tony and all other advice. Tony got me thinking it looked a lot like the 870 so I watched a lot of youtube on the 870 - very similar guns - this got me thinking further, especially after visiting theammosource in Harrowsmith today and noting that Ryan has the same gun under the brand name Optima - apparently it is also sold as the Hatsan Escort, all made in the same factory in Turkey. Stray got me focussing on the bolt alignment which I had already noted.
I found a video on stripping the Hatsan, which is close
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwV6h...eature=related
More importantly, the manual for the Hatsan Escort, available online has a warning about getting the bolt to ride correctly on the carrier when you reassemble - see page 8 of the manual.
http://www.hatsan.com.tr/pdf/Escort_..._Action_GB.pdf
Bingo!!! I am back in business, no need to mail the gun to Marstar.
Next stop, stripping and reassembling the Mossberg 500 I got today in Harrowsmith.
Cheers all
Oldexpat
congratulations nice when stuff works out isn't it.
It is better to live one day as a lion, and die than to live one thousand years as a lamb.
Thanks MG - a hard slog but rewarding when you get it
I was wondering if there is anyone out there who got a PA-2201XP. This one has the spring assist on the pump mechanism.
Tony
My 2210 has the spring assist and I have taken it out. Reason being that the breech will not stay open (there is no lock) and one of the safety rules at my range is that the breech must be locked open when the weapon is unattended on the firing line or at the safe working area.
I could have simply blocked it open with a piece of dowel but I prefer to be able to leave it open on it's own. The spring made chambering a shell a bit quicker but not so's you'd notice.
Cheers
I see, thanks.
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