So we took this brand new rifle to the range yesterday, to try it out, overall it was a great shooter, light, easy to chamber a round, fit and finish was very nice, and with out a lot of fuss or time spent we threw on a very chep scope and we were getting some 1 inch groupings, well until the scope screws loosened up and we just did not have the time to calibrate it all again, and since the scope was not to stay, it really did not matter.
However..........
There was an issue with feeding, and almost 95 percent of the time it was the second round, and 5 percent it was the third round.
first round chambers just fine, it extracts just fine, but when tring to load the second round, the tip of the bullet, instead of pointing up and following the feed ramp and going into the chamber, it tends to point down and you cannot chamber the round at all, at times it even tipped down so far it actually had it's tip back into the magazine.
The only thing we could see wrong or potentially the cause is that the feed spring is not strong enough, and this is allowing the bullet to not be pushed up with enough force to make sure it feeds correctly, and consistantly
I wish we had pictures of this, but perhaps my explanation will be clear enough, if not do ask and I will try to explain more.
This really has us stummped, and it's a shame for a new rifle to be like this.
It is once again a brand new rifle, never fired before ? it was purchased here off a fellow CGN'r, and I know not many are here yet, so it might be a stretch to get an answer. We are going to contact Stoeger to see if they have any ideas, and we are going to order a new magazine as well, just incase to eliminate it as the culprit. It was fatory ammo we used, however we only had one box of Winchester, so we can't say for certain that it's not ammo related either, since we were unable to compare other ammo yesterday.
Thanks for any input you might have....
Cheers
However..........
There was an issue with feeding, and almost 95 percent of the time it was the second round, and 5 percent it was the third round.
first round chambers just fine, it extracts just fine, but when tring to load the second round, the tip of the bullet, instead of pointing up and following the feed ramp and going into the chamber, it tends to point down and you cannot chamber the round at all, at times it even tipped down so far it actually had it's tip back into the magazine.
The only thing we could see wrong or potentially the cause is that the feed spring is not strong enough, and this is allowing the bullet to not be pushed up with enough force to make sure it feeds correctly, and consistantly
I wish we had pictures of this, but perhaps my explanation will be clear enough, if not do ask and I will try to explain more.
This really has us stummped, and it's a shame for a new rifle to be like this.
It is once again a brand new rifle, never fired before ? it was purchased here off a fellow CGN'r, and I know not many are here yet, so it might be a stretch to get an answer. We are going to contact Stoeger to see if they have any ideas, and we are going to order a new magazine as well, just incase to eliminate it as the culprit. It was fatory ammo we used, however we only had one box of Winchester, so we can't say for certain that it's not ammo related either, since we were unable to compare other ammo yesterday.
Thanks for any input you might have....
Cheers
